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Young  Folks'  Library 

FOR    SCHOOL    AND    HOME. 

EDITED   BY 

Larkin    Dunton,   LL.D., 

HEAD    MASTEK    OF   THE    BOSTON    NORMAL    SCHOOL. 


Volume  VI. 


THE 


WORLD  AND  ITS  PEOPLE. 


Book   II. 

GLIMPSES  OF  THE  WORLD. 


EDITED     UV 


LARKIN   DUNTON,  LL.D., 

HEAD    MASTER   OF   TIIE    BOSTON    NORMAL    SCTJOOL. 


SILVER,  BURDETT  &   CO.,  PUBLISHERS, 
New  York  .  .  .  BOSTON  .  .  .  Chicago. 

1889. 


Copyright,  1889, 
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PREFACE. 


This  book,  as  its  title  implies,  is  designed  to  give  the 
reader  some  "  glimpses  of  the  world."  If  Book  I.  of 
The  World  and  its  People  has  been  carefully  read,  there 
will  be  no  difficulty  in  reading  and  understanding  this 
book. 

This  is  not  a  formal  treatise  on  geography.  It  aims 
to  present  such  pictures  of  places  and  persons  as  will 
interest  children,  and  fit  them  for  the  study  of  geog- 
raphy proper  when  they  shall  be  old  enough  and  mature 
enough    for   that  work. 

It  is  believed  that  the  word-pictures  constituting  the 
book  are  drawn  with  such  care  as  to  make  them  clear 
and  attractive;  at  the  same  time  illustrations  have  been 
added  whenever  they  seemed  likely  to  make  the  impres- 
sion   clearer    or    deeper. 

The  text  and  the  accompanying  maps  are  intended  to 
give    the     reader     those     ideas    which     are     necessary    in 


8  PREFACE. 

forming  geographical  conceptions  and.  definitions ;  and  in 
many  instances  the  definitions  are  added  at  the  end 
of   the   lessons. 

The  maps  usually  represent  portions  of  the  United 
States,  and  at  the  same  time  illustrate  general  geograph- 
ical  features    of   the  world. 

Numerous  poetical  pieces  are  introduced,  both  to  shed 
additional  light  on  the  text,  and  to  cultivate  the  pupil's 
taste    for   literature. 

Lists  of  words  for  pronunciation,  spelling,  and  defini- 
tion   follow   the    different   lessons. 


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LESSON    I. 

THE   BOY   WHO    DID   NOT   LIKE   GEOGKAPIIY. 

1.  "I  do  not  like  Geography,"  said 
Fred  one  evening,  as  he  sat  in  a  corner 
of  the  room  with  a  little  book  in  his 
hand. 

2.  "How  is  that?"  asked  his  sister 
Mary.  "  I  should  think  that  you  could 
not  know  yet  whether  you  liked  it  or 
not.     You  got  the  book  only  to-day." 

.3.   "  Oh !    I   am    sure   I   do   not  like   it, 

quite  sure,  though   I   never  saw  the  book 

before   to-day ;    and   I   am   also   quite   sure 

that    I    never  shall    like    it    as    long    as    I 

lve. 


12  THE    WORLD    AND    ITS    PEOPLE. 

4.  "Fred,  Fred!"  said  Mary;  "I  shall 
begin  to  think  that  you  are  an  idle  boy 
if  you  talk  in  that  way.  Only  last  night 
I  heard  you  singing  — 

'If  at  first  you  don't  succeed, 
Try?  try,  try  again.'  " 

5.  "  Idle,  indeed  !  "  said  Fred ;  "  no  one 
can  call  me  idle.  Have  I  not  been  learn- 
ing this  lesson  for  more  than  half  an 
hour?" 

6.  "What  do  you  like?"  asked  Mary. 
Fred's  eyes  sparkled  as  he  said,  "I  like 
to  read  about  far-off  countries  over  the 
sea,  where  strange  people  live." 

7.  "  And  do  you  not  like  to  read 
about  black  men  and  red  men,  who  are 
wild  and  savage,  and  who  spend  their 
time  in  hunting  and  fighting? 

8.  "And  about  hunters,  who  go  into  the 
great  forests  of  other  lands  to  hunt  the 
lion,  the  tiger,  the  elephant,  and  the  bear? 


GLIMPSES   OF   THE   WORLD. 


13 


9.  "  And  about  the  great  ocean,  where 
ships  sail  from  one  country  to  another, 
and  where  the  whales  and  the  sharks 
roam    about  ?  " 

10.  "Oh,  yes !  "  said  Fred ;  "I  am  never 
tired  of  reading  or  hearing  stories  about 
such  wonderful  things." 

11.  "I  thought  so,"  said  his  sister.  "I 
knew  that  you  liked  Geography.  Don't 
you  know  that  all  the  things  about  which 
we  have  just  been  speaking  belong  to 
Geography  ?  " 


roam 

cor'ner 

fight'ing 

wheth'er 

ti'ger 

hunt'ers 

learning 

speaking 

whales 

hunting 

singing 

e'ven  ing 

les'son 

reading 

sparkled 

won'der  ful 

Coun'tries,  parts  of  continents. 

Don't,  do  not. 

For'ests,     land      covered     with 

trees. 
Ge  og'ra  phy,   a   description    o£ 

the  Earth. 


O'cean,  the  largest  division  of 

water. 
Roam  a'bout,  swim ;    go   from 

place  to  place. 
Sav'age,  untaught;  cruel. 
Sue  ceed',  do  what  you  wish. 


14  THE   WORLD    AND    ITS    PEOPLE. 


LESSON    II. 
WHAT   IS   GEOGRAPHY  1 

1.  Fred  was  rilled  with  wonder  when 
his  sister  told  him  that  the  very  things 
he  best  liked  to  read  about  were  Geog- 
raphy. 

2.  "  Just  look  at  the  piece  I  am  try- 
ing to  learn,"  he  said,  giving  her  the 
book,  "and  von  will  see  what  my  teacher 
calls  Geography." 

3.  Taking    Fred's  book,  Mary  read, — 
"  Geography  tells  about  the  surface  of 

the  Earth,  its  productions,  and  its  inhabi- 
tants." 

"What  does  surface  mean?"  she  asked. 

"The  outside,"  he  replied. 

±.  "  And  of  what  does  the  surface,  or 
outside,  of  the  Earth  consist?  r' 

"The  ground  Ave  walk  on." 

5.  "Look  out  of  the  window,  and  tell 
me  what  you  see." 


GLIMPSES    OF   THE    WORLD. 


15 


"I  see  grass,  and  plants,  and  trees." 
"  These    are    the    productions    of    the 
Earth ;     and    the    people    are    the    inhabi- 
tants of  the  Earth,"  said  Mary. 


LAND   AND   WATER. 


(>.  "  So  yon  see  that  I  am  right,  and 
that  your  book  is  Geography.  The  land 
and  the  water,  which  we  call  countries 
and  seas,  rivers  and  Lakes,  are  the  sur- 
face   of    the    Earth.       The   beautiful   trees 


16 


THE   WORLD    AND    ITS    PEOPLE. 


and  flowers  and  fruits  ar.e  the  productions 
of  the  Earth.  All  things  that  grow  out 
of  the  ground  are  productions  of  the 
Earth. 

7.  "  The  people  are  the  inhabitants  of 
the  Earth.  Did  you  not  know,  Fred, 
that  you  and  I,  and  father  and  mother, 
were  all  inhabitants  of  the  Earth?" 

8.  "And  that  is  Geography!"  said 
Fred;  "and  I  said  I  did  not  like  it! 
Thank  you,  Mary ;  I  wish  all  the  boys  in 
my  class  had  kind  sisters  like  you  to 
show  them  what  Geography  is.  Then  I 
am  sure  they  would  like  it.7' 


sure 

fruits 

won'der 

tak'ing 

piece 

ground 

sis'ter 

beau'ti  f  ul 

asked 

trymg 

giv'ing 

flow'ers 

seas 

teach'er 

sur'face 

re  plied' 

Does  con  sist',  is  made  up. 
In  hab'i  tants,  dwellers. 
Lakes,     water     surrounded    by 
land.  [out. 

Pro  duc'tions,  things  that  grow 


Re  plied',  answered. 

Riv'ers,  water  running  over  the 

land. 
Seas,  parts  of  oceans. 
Sur'face,  outside. 


GLIMPSES   OF   THE   WORLD.  17 


LESSON     III. 

WHO   MADE   ALL   THINGS? 

FIRST    VOICE. 

Who  made  the  sky,  so  bright  and  blue? 

Who  made  the  fields,  so  green? 
Who    made    the    flowers    that    smell     so 
sweet, 

In  pretty  colors  seen? 

ALL. 

' Twas  God,  our  Father  and  our  King; 
Oil,   let  us  all  his  praises  sing ! 

SECOXD    VOICE. 

Who  made  the  birds  to  fly  so  high, 
And  taught  them  how  to  sing? 

Who  made  the  pretty  butterfly, 
And  painted  her  bright  wing? 

ALL. 

' Twas  God,,  our  Father  and  our  King; 
Oh,  let  us  all  his  praises  sing! 


18  THE   WORLD    AND    ITS    PEOPLE. 


THIRD    VOICE. 

Who  made  the  sun  that  shines  so  bright, 

And  gladdens  all  we  see ; 
Which  comes  to  give  us  light  and  heat, 

That  happy  we  may  be  ? 


ALL. 


'  Tivas   God,   our  Father  and  our  King ; 
Oh,  let  us  all  his  praises  sing! 

FOURTH    VOICE. 

Who  made  the  silver  moon,  so  high, 
The  dark,  dark  night  to  cheer ; 

The  stars  that  twinkle  in  the  sky, 
And  shine  so  bright  and  clear? 


' Twas   God,   our  Father  and  our  King; 
Oh,   let  us  all  his  praises  sing! 

FIFTH    VOICE. 

Who  made  the  rocks,  the  hills,  the  trees, 
The  mountains  and  the  vales ; 


GLIMPSES    OF   THE    WORLD. 


19 


The  flocks,  the  herds,  the  cooling   breeze, 
The  stream  that  never  fails? 


ALL. 


7  Twas   God,  our  Father  and  our  King; 
Oh,   let  us  all  his  praises  sing! 


clear 

smell 

bright               cooling 

light 

night 

nev'er                col'ors 

fields 

taught 

fa'ther              glacl'ness 

flocks 

shines 

prais'es             buffer  fly 

Breeze,  wind. 

Twin'kle,  sparkle. 

Moun'tains,  hi 

gh  hills. 

'Twas,  it  was. 

Paint'ed,  colored. 

Vales,  valleys  ;  hollows  between 

Sil'ver.  white ; 

like  silver. 

hills. 

Stream,  runnii 

g  water. 

Cheer,  to  enliven. 

LESSON    IV. 

THE    EARTH    IS    ROUND. 

1.  The  next  evening  Fred  had  been 
busy  with  his  lesson  for  some  time  be- 
fore Mary  spoke  to  him.  She  knew  that 
it  would  be  much  better  for  him  to  try 
to  learn  it  by  himself  at  first. 


20 


THE   WORLD   AND    ITS    PEOPLE. 


2.  Just  as  she  went  to  him  he  closed 
the  book,  saying  as  he  did  so,  "Done  at 
last." 


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THE    EARTH. 


3.   "Do  not  put  your  book  away  yet," 
she  said.     "  I  should  like  to  hear  you  say 


GLIMPSES   OF   THE   WORLD.  21 

your  lesson,   and  then   I  may  be   able   to 
make  it  plainer  to  you  than  it  now  is." 

4.  Fred  gave  his  sister  the  book  open 
at  the  place  where  he  had  been  learning. 
Then  he  said  to  her:  "The  Earth  on 
which  we  live  is  round  like  an  orange. 
By  'round  like  an  orange,'  I  mean  that 
the  Earth  is  not  exactly  round,  but  that 
it  is  a  little  flat  above  and  below,  just 
as  an  orange  is." 

5.  Mary  brought  an  orange  and  showed 
her  brother  the  flat  parts  of  it,  at  the 
top  and  the  bottom. 

6.  With  the  orange  in  her  hand  Mary 
sat  down  at  the  table  and  said :  "At 
one  time  men  thought  that  the  Earth 
was  flat,  like  the  top  of  this  table.  They 
were  afraid  that  if  they  went  very  far 
in  one  way  they  would  come  to  the  end 
of  the  Earth. 

7.  "  As  larger  and  stronger  ships  were 
built,    men    became    bolder.       Instead    of 


22  THE    WORLD    AND    ITS    PEOPLE. 


creeping  along  the  shores  of  their  own 
country,  afraid  of  losing  sight  of  land, 
they  crossed  the  great  ocean  and  sailed 
to  other  lands  thousands  of  miles  away. 

8.  "At  length  a  brave  sailor  took  his 
ship  further  than  any  vessel  had  ever 
gone  before.  His  name  was  Fernando 
Magellan.  Starting  from  a  country  called 
Spain,  he  sailed  on,  day  after  day,  Aveek 
after  week,  and  month  after  month. 

9.  "At  one  of  the  places  where  he 
stopped  by  the  way,  this  brave  man  took 
part  in  a  battle,  in  which  lie  was  killed. 
His  men  then  set  sail  without  their 
leader,  and  at  the  end  of  three  years  and 
twenty-nine  days  they  returned  to   Spain. 

10.  "  Their  ship  had  sailed  round  the 
world,  and  thus  had  proved  that  the 
Earth  on  which  we  live  is  a  globe." 

11.  "  How  long  is  it  since  the  first 
voyage  round  the  world  was  made  ?  " 
asked  Fred. 


GLIMPSES   OF  THE   WORLD. 


23 


12.  "  The  first  voyage  round  the  world 
was  made  more  than  three  hundred  years 
ago,"  said  Mary.  "Since  then,  hundreds 
of  ships  have  sailed  round  the  Earth ; 
and  now  the  voyage  can  be  made  in 
about  three  months." 


years 

los'ing 

or'ange 

creeping 

busy 

a  fraid' 

plain'er 

learning 

brought 

bold'er 

fur'ther 

starting 

month 

bot'tom 

in  stead' 

stron'ger 

Bat'tle,  fight. 

Ex  act'ly,  quite. 

Globe,  ball  or  sphere. 

O'cean,  largest  division  of  water. 


Sail'or,  one  who  sails ;  a  seaman. 
Spain,  a  country  of  Europe. 
Ves'sel,  ship. 
Voy'age,  journey  by  water. 


LESSON    V. 
HOW   TO   PROVE   THE    ROUNDNESS   OF   THE   EARTH. 

1.   "My  book  says,  'We  can  prove  the 
roundness  of  the  Earth  by  the  appearance 
of  ships  as  they  sail  to  or  from  the  land,' ' 
said  Fred.     "How  can  that  be  done?" 


24  THE    WORLD    AND    ITS    PEOPLE. 


2.  Mary  made  a  drawing  like  this 


SHIPS    SAILING    ROUND   THE   WORLD. 


Pointing  to  it,  she  said:  "This  curve  is 
the  sea.  Yon  are  standing  on  the  sea- 
shore and  watching  the  ships  coming  in. 
Yon  see  the  whole  of  the  nearest  ship, 
because  it  is  on  the  top  of  the  curve. 
Yon  see  only  a  part  of  the  second  ship, 
because  the  rest  of  it  is  hidden  behind 
the  curve.  No  part  of  the  third  ship 
can  be  seen,  for  the  curved  surface  of 
the  water  rises  up  between  you  and  the 
ship.  If  the  Earth  were  flat,  we  should 
see  the  whole  of  a  vessel  at  once." 

3.  "  Why  does  the  Earth  appear  to  be 
flat?"  asked  Fred.  "The  Earth  appears 
to  us  to  be  Hat,"  said  his  sister,  "because 
it  is  so  very  large,  and  we  are  able  to 
see  only  a  small  part  of  it  at  once." 


GLIMPSES   OF   THE   WORLD.  25 


4.  Just  then  a  fly  lighted  on  Mary's 
orange  and  ran  round  it.  "Look,"  said 
Mary;  "that  fly  cannot  see  more  than  a 
small  part  of  the  orange  at  one  time ; 
and  that  part  must  appear  to  it  to  be 
flat,  because  the  fly  is  so  much  smaller 
than  the  orange." 

5.  "  Are  there  any  more  proofs  of  the 
roundness  of  the  Earth?"  asked  Fred. 

"Yes,"  said  Mary.  "We  know  that 
the  Earth  is  round,  because  when  a  ship 
nears  land  the  sailors  see  first  the  top  of 
a  mountain  like  a  speck  on  the  water. 
As  they  go  nearer,  the  mountain  seems 
to  rise  out  of  the  water,  until  at  length 
the  whole  of  it  can  be  seen." 

6.  "Do  not  mountains  affect  the  round- 
ness of  the   Earth?"  asked  Fred. 

"Very  little,"  said  Mary;  "for  the 
Earth  is  so  very  large,  that  the  highest 
mountain  upon  it,  compared  with  the 
size   of   the   Earth,   is   not  more   than   the 


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THE   WORLD   AND    ITS    PEOPLE. 


roughness  of  the  skin  compared  with 
the  size  of  an  orange,  and  you  would 
never    think    of   doubting;    the    roundness 


of   the   orange." 


spoil 

nev'er 

light'ed 

draw'ing 

prove 

ves'sel 

be  cause' 

watch'ing 

whole 

be  hind' 

sur'face 

round'ness 

ships 

ap  pear' 

orange 

rough'ness 

Af  feet',  change. 

Ap  pear'ance,  look. 

Com  pared',  placed  side  by  side. 

Curve,  rounded  surface. 

Flat,  level. 


Hid'den,  out  of  sight. 
Light'ed,  stopped ;  gave  up  flying. 
Moun'tain,  a  high  hill. 
Proofs,  things  that  show. 
Speck,  spot. 


LESSON    VI. 

THE   WORLD. 

Great,  wide,  beautiful,  wonderful  World, 
With   the    wonderful  water   round   you 

curled, 
And   the    wonderful    grass    upon    your 

breast,  — 
World,  you  are  wonderfully  drest. 


GLIMPSES   OF   THE   WORLD.  27 


2.  The  wonderful  air  is  over  me, 

And    the    wonderful    wind    is    shaking 

the  tree ; 
It  walks  on  the  water,  and  whirls  the 

mills, 
And  talks  to  itself  on  the  tops  of  the 

hills. 

3.  You    friendly  Earth !    how  far   do   you 

go, 
With    the    wheat    fields   that   nod   and 

the  rivers  that  flow, 
With    cities    and    gardens,    and    cliffs 

and  isles, 
And  people  upon  you  for  thousands  of 

miles? 

4.  Ah,    you   are    so    great,    and   I    am    so 

small, 
I    tremble    to    think    of  you,  World,    at 

all; 
And     yet    when    I    said     my    prayers 

to-day, 


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THE   WORLD   AND    ITS    PEOPLE. 


A  whisper  within  me  seemed  to  say : 
"  You  are  more  than  the  Earth,  though 

you  are  such  a  dot ; 
You  can  love  and  think,  and  the  Earth 

cannot!  " 


Matthew   Browne. 


world 
curled 
seemed 


cit  les 
wa'ter 
trem'ble 


Breast,  surface. 
Cliffs,  rocks. 
Dot,  little  thing. 
Drest,  dressed ;  covered. 
Hills,  high  land. 


gar'dens 


thou'sarids 
prayers  shak'ing 

friend'ly         won'der  ful  ly 


Isles,  islands ;  land  surrounded 
by  water.  [land. 

Riv'ers,  water  running  over  the 
Whirls,  causes  to  go  round. 
Whis'per,  low-spoken  sound. 


LESSON    VII. 
THE    GREAT   ROUND   BALL. 

1.  Mary  not  only  knew  a  great  many 
things,  but  she  was  also  able  to  draw 
well.  During  the  following  day  she  made 
a  picture  of  a  swallow  flying  round  a 
great  ball  on  which  parts  of  the  Earth 
had  been  marked. 


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2.  Fred  took  it  in  his  hand,  saying, 
"  What  a  pretty  picture !  now  I  see  that 
the  Earth  is  round.  How  plain  it  is,  to 
be  sure !  " 

3.  "Would  you  like  to  hear  the  Story 
of  the  Swallow?"  she  asked. 

"Oh,  yes!  "  he  cried;   "let  me  hear  it." 

4.  "Once  on  a  time,"  said  Mary,  "a 
number  of  swallows  lived  on  a  great 
round  ball  that  hung  in  the  sky.  It 
was  so  large,  and  looked  so  flat  all  round 
the  place  where  they  lived,  that  none  of 
them  could  believe  it  to  be  round. 

5.  "One  fine  summer  day  one  of  the 
swallows  set  off  in  order  to  see  whether 
it  really  was  a  ball. 

6.  "  So  bidding  his  friends  good  by, 
away  he  flew  over  mountain  and  sea 
round  the  wonderful  ball.  On  and  on  he 
flew,  never  resting  day  or  night,  till  at 
the  end  of  a  week  he  had  travelled  six 
thousand  miles. 


30  THE   WORLD    AND    ITS    PEOPLE. 


7.  "  At  the  end  of  a  fortnight  he  was 
half-way  round  the  wonderful  ball,  or 
more  than  twelve  thousand  miles  from 
home. 

8.  "Never  resting,  still  onward  flew 
the  swallow,  till  at  the  end  of  a  month 
he  had  finished  his  journey.  In  four 
weeks  he  had  gone  round  the  wonderful 
ball,  and  was  back  again  among  his 
friends. 

9.  "  It  was  a  long  journey,  —  a  journey 
of  no  less  than  twenty-five  thousand 
miles.  He  was  able  to  tell  his  friends 
of  the  wonders  he  had  seen,  and  that 
the  world  on  which  they  lived  was 
really,  after  all,  a  great  round  ball  with 
mountains  and  seas  on  every  side. 

10.  "He  never  took  so  long  a  journey 
again,  but  was  looked  upon  as  the  prince 
of  swallow  travellers  till  the  day  of  his 
death. 

11.  "  Though  this  storv  of  the   swallow 


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31 


is  only  a  fable,"  said  Mary,  "it  will  help 
us  to  understand  something  about  the 
world  we  live  on.  It  is  the  wonderful 
ball.  Mountains  and  plains,  oceans  and 
seas,  rivers  and  lakes,  cover  its  surface 
round  and  round." 


death 

fly'ing 

on'ward 

won'ders 

prince 

be  lieve' 

sum  nier 

travelled 

friends 

bid'ding 

swallow 

re'al  ]y 

marked 

num'ber 

rest'ing 

trav'el  lers 

Draw,  make  pictures. 
Fa'ble,  story. 
Fin'ished,  done. 
Follow  ing,  next. 


Fort'night,  two  weeks ;  14  days. 
Jour'ney,  distance  he  had  to  go. 
Plains,  level  lands. 
Un  der  stand',  see  clearly. 


LESSON    VIII. 
THE   SIZE   OF   THE   EARTH. 

1.  "What  a  large  ball  the  world  must 
be!"  said  Fred  to  his  sister  one  evening 
when  lie  had  finished  his  Geography  les- 
son. "  My   book    says    it    is    twenty-five 


32  THE    WORLD   AND    ITS    PEOPLE. 


DIAMETER 


8000  Miles 


thousand     miles     in     circumference,     and 
eight  thousand  miles  in  diameter." 

2.  "What  is  meant  by  the  circumfer- 
ence of  the  Earth?"  she  asked. 

"The  distance  round  it,"  he  replied. 

3.  "Yes,"  said  Mary,  "the  circumfer- 
ence of  the  Earth  is  the 
distance  round  it ;  but 
other  things  have  a  cir- 
cumference as  well  as  the 
Earth.       Everything    that 

■  ooo"1"^  is  round  has  a  circum- 
ference. Name  some  things  that  are 
round." 

4.  "A  penny,  an  orange,  and  a  wheel," 
said  Fred.  Showing  him  a  penny,  Mary 
asked  what  its  circumference  was. 

"The  distance  round  its  edge,"  he 
replied. 

5.  "Now  what  does  diameter  mean?" 
"The    distance    through    the   centre   of 

a  2:1  obe  or  ball." 


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6.  "What  is  the  diameter  of  a 
wheel?" 

"The  diameter  of  a  wheel  is  the  dis- 
tance across  it  through  the  centre  from 
edge  to  edge." 

7.  "Now  let  us  measure  the  diameter 
of  an  orange,"  said  Mary,  getting  one 
out  of  a  basket  near.  "  How  must  we 
do  it?  "  she  asked. 

8.  "  Cut  it  into  two  equal  parts,  and 
then  measure  across  the  flat  part  of  one 
of  the  halves, — just  like  measuring  across 
a  penny,"  he  replied. 

9.  When  the  orange  was  measured, 
its  circumference  was  found  to  he  six 
inches  and  its  diameter  two  inches.  And 
Mary  told  Fred  to  remember  that  the 
circumference  of  any  round  object  is 
about  three  times  its  diameter. 

10.  "  The  circumference  of  the  Earth 
is  twenty-five  thousand  miles.  Let  us  try 
to  lind  out  how  long   it  would    take    you 


34  THE    WORLD    AND    ITS    PEOPLE. 

to   walk   round   it,   if    it   were    all   land," 
said  Mary. 

11.  Fred  laughed  at  the  thought  of 
taking  such  a  long  journey,  but  he  got 
his  slate  and  pencil  and  put  down  the 
figures  as  his  sister  told  him. 

12.  She  said,  "  Suppose  you  walk  three 
miles  an  hour,  ten  hours  a  day,  and  six 
days  a  week,  you  must  put  down  twenty- 
five  thousand  and  divide  it  by  three,  by 
ten,  and  by  six." 

13.  Here  is  the  problem  as  Fred  worked 
it  out :  — 

Miles  an  hour,  3)25000  miles,  the  circumference  of  the  Earth. 
Hours  a  day,     10)8333  +  1  hours  in  walking  around. 
Days  a  week,        6)833  +  3  days  in  walking  around. 
138  +  5  weeks  in  walking  around. 
Total  time,  138  weeks,  5  days,  3  hours,  and  1  mile  over. 

When  Mary  saw  the  answer,  she  said, 
"Why,  Fred,  you  would  be  away  from 
home  nearly  three  years !  " 

11.  "I  do  not  mean  to  try,"  he  said; 
"  at   least,    not   until    I    am    older.       How 


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35 


long  would  it  take  a  railway  train  to  go 
round  the  world?" 

15.  "  The  fastest  railway  train,  running 
day  and  night,  without  stopping,  would 
go  round  the  world  in  about  a  month." 


least 
wheel 
meant 
halves 


laughed 
pen'ny 
tak'ing 
bas'ket 


an  swer 
fig'ures 
stop'ping 
rail'way 


meas'ured 
meas'ur  ing 

ev'er  y  thing 
ge  og'ra  phy 


A  cross',  over ;  from  side  to  side. 
Cen'tre,  middle.  [round. 

Cir  cum'f er  ence,      distance 
Di  am'e  ter,  distance  through. 


E'qual,  the  same. 
Meas'ure,  find  the  size  of. 
Ob'ject,  thing. 
Re  mem'ber,  keep  in  mind. 


LESSON     IX. 
GOD   MADE   THEM   ALL. 


1.  All  things  bright  and  beautiful, 
All  creatures  great  and  small, 
All  things  wise  and  wonderful,  - 
The  good  God  made  them  all. 


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THE   WORLD    AND    ITS    PEOPLE. 


2.  Each  little  flower  that  opens, 

Each  little  bird  that  sings, — 
He  made  their  glowing  colors, 
He  made  their  tiny  wings. 

3.  The  purple-headed  mountain, 

The  river  running  by, 
The  morning  and  the  sunset, 
That  lighteth  up  the  sky; 

4.  The  tall  trees  in  the  greenwood, 

The  pleasant  summer  sun, 
The  ripe  fruits  in  the  garden,  — 
He  made  them  every  one. 

5.  He  gave  us  eyes  to  see  them, 

And  lips  that  we  might  tell 
How  great  is  God  Almighty, 
Who  hath  made  all  things  well. 


small 

bright 

fruits 

flow'er 

light'eth 

sun'set 

run'ning 
sum'mer 
pleas'ant 

moun'tain 

Al  might'y 
green'wood 

Crea'tures 

Glow'ing, 

Morn'ing, 

,  living  things. 

shining. 

sunrise. 

Won'der  ful,  very  strange. 
Sun'set,  evening. 
Ti'ny,  little ;  small. 

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LESSON   X. 
THE   MIGHTY   OCEAN. 

1.  "Hurrah!  hurrah!  hurrah!  "  shouted 
a  crowd  of  happy  boys  as  they  threw  up 
their  caps  and  ran  wildly  down  the  lane 
which  led  from  the  school. 

2.  It  was  an  easy  thing  to  pick  out 
our  friend  Fred,  who  Once  did  not  like 
Geography,  and  was  sure  that  he  never 
should. 

3.  Ten  minutes  later,  he  rushed  into 
the  house,  shouting,  "A  month!  a  month! 
a  whole  month  of  holidays!" 

4.  "You  will  be  tired  enough  before 
it  is  half  over,'7  said  his  sister. 

"What!  tired  of  playing,  of  having 
no  lessons  to  learn,  of  not  going  to  school, 
but  of  going  where  I  like,  and  being  merry 
all  the  day  long?  I  think  not,  Mary." 
On  the  following  day  the  brother  and 
sister   went    by    train    to    pay    a   visit    to 


38  THE   WORLD   AND    ITS    PEOPLE. 


their   Uncle   William,    who   lived    at    the 
sea-side. 

5.  Just  before  the  train  entered  the 
station,  Fred  saw  the  sea  for  the  first 
time  in  his  life.  He  was  looking  out  of 
the  window,  when  it  suddenly  came  into 
view. 

6.  "0  Mary!'J  he  cried,  and  then 
stopped.  The  sight  was  more  than  he 
could  put  into  words.  Before  them  lay 
the  shore  of  the  bay ;  and  then  right 
away  for  miles  and  miles,  till  it  was 
lost  in  the  distance,  rolled  the  mighty 
ocean. 

7.  "Is  it  not  grand?"  said  Fred  at 
length.  "Look  at  the  waves!  —  how 
they  dash  on  the  rocks  and  rush  over 
the  sands !  " 

8.  Then  the  train  stopped,  and  they 
found  their  uncle  waiting  for  them.  To 
Fred's  great  joy,  his  uncle's  house  stood 
on  a  hill  near  the  shore.      From  its  win- 


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39 


dows  the  whole  bay  could  be  seen ;  and, 
far  away,  the  blue  waves  rolled,  until 
they  seemed  to  touch  the  sky. 


half 

waves 

ea'sy 

e  nough" 

tired 

rolled 

merry 

waiting 

touch 

seemed 

hur  rail 

min'utes 

crowd 

stopped 

might'y 

dis'tance 

Bay,  opening  into  the  land. 
En'tered,  went  into. 
Hol'i  days,  play-days. 
O'cean,  largest  division  of  water. 
Pay  a  vis'it  to,  go  to  see. 


Sta'tion,  place  where  the  train 

stops. 
Sud'den  ly,  all  at  once. 
Uu'cle,    father's    or    mother's 

brother. 


LESSON    XL 
LAND   AND    WATER. 

1.  After  tea,  Fred  again  took  his  stand 
at  the  window,  where  lie  was  joined  by 
his  uncle. 

2.  "I  did  not  think  there  was  half 
so  much  water  in  the  world,"  said  Fred, 
pointing  to  the  waters  spread  out  before 
them. 


40  THE   WORLD   AND    ITS    PEOPLE. 


3.  "That  is  nothing,  my  boy,"  replied 
his  uncle.  "  A  steamer  could  sail  across 
all  that  you  see  in  about  half  an  hour. 
Do  you  know  anything  about  the  size  of 
the  Earth?7' 

4.  "  Oh,  yes.  Mary  has  taught  me  a 
great  deal  about  it.  The  Earth  is  25,000 
miles  in  circumference,  and  I  could  walk 
round  it  in  about  three  years." 

5.  Uncle  William  laughed  at  the 
thought  of  his  little  nephew  going  on  so 
long  a  journey,  and  said,  "No  one  could 
walk  round  the  world." 

"Mary  said  I  could,  in  three  years." 

6.  "I  said  you  could  if  it  were  all 
land,"  called  out  Mary. 

7.  "  That  is  right,"  replied  their  uncle  ; 
"  for  when  you  speak  of  the  Earth  you 
mean  the  whole  world,  and  you  must 
remember  that  it  consists  of  land  and 
water. 

8.  "  On    the    land    of    the    Earth    we 


GLIMPSES   OF  THE   WORLD. 


41 


make  our  homes,  build  our  cities,  sow 
our  grain,  and  plant  our  trees.  On  the 
water  of  the  Earth  we  sail  our  ships  and 
boats,  and  make  voyages  from  one  coun- 
try to  another. 

9.  "You  have  seen  more  land  than 
water,  but  you  do  not  know  how  much 
water  there  is  on  the  Earth.77 

10.  Taking  a  sheet  of  paper,  he  made 
a  square,  and  divided 
it  into  four  smaller 
squares.  "Now,  Fred,77 
he  said,  "the  land  of 
the  Earth  is  shown  by 
but  one  square,  while 
the  water  of  the  Earth 
is  shown  by  three  squares.  There  is  three 
times  as  much  water  as  there  is  land. 

11.  "You  can  go  into  a  ship  and  sail 
on  and  on  for  days  and  days,  going  hun- 
dreds of  miles  each  day,  and  not  see  a 
bit   of  land. 


LAND. 

WATER. 

WATER. 

WATER. 

42  THE   WORLD    AND    ITS    PEOPLE. 


12.  "  For  weeks  you  may  see  nothing 
around  you  but  the  mighty,  restless  ocean, 
which,  like  a  great  sheet,  covers  thousands 
and  thousands  of  miles  of  the  Earth's 
surface." 


joined  cit'ies  smaU'er  voy'ag  es 

taught  re  plied'  a  round'  di  vid'ed 

thought  nothing  might'y  an'y  thing 

laughed  jour'ney  pointing  re  mem'ber 


Cir  cum'fer  ence,      distance  I  O'cean,  largest  division  of  water. 


round. 
Con  sists',  is  made  up  of. 
Coun'try,  part  of  a  continent. 
Neph'ew,    sister's    or    brother's 

son. 


Restless,  moving. 
Square,  four-sided  figure. 
Stearn'er,  ship  moved  by  steam. 
Sur'face,  outside. 
Thou'sand,  ten  hundred. 


LESSON    XII. 
THE   FIVE   OCEANS. 

1.  On  the  following  day,  Fred  went 
with  his  uncle  for  a  walk  on  the  sands 
by  the  sea.  The  tide  was  coming  in,  and 
Fred  saw  that  it  came  further  and  further 
up  the  beach. 


GLIMPSES   OF   THE   WORLD. 


43 


2.  Climbing  a  rock  to  get  out  of  the 
way  of  the  rising  waters,  Uncle  William 
said,  "Let  us  watch  the  waves  as  they 
roll   in  upon  the   shore.     Soon  the  water 


will     reach    its    highest    point,     and    the 
sands  will  be  covered  by  the   sea. 

3.  "  Now  it  is  high  water,  hut  the 
sea  is  not  still.  The  waves  seem  to  roll 
on  as  before  ;  but  the  water  goes  back 
further   and   further,   and    in   a   few  hours 


44  THE   WORLD   AND    ITS   PEOPLE. 


it  will   have   left   the    sands    smooth   and 
bare. 

4.  "  The  rising  and  falling  of  the 
ocean  is  called  the  tide.  The  tide  rises 
and  falls,  or  flows  and  ebbs,  once  every 
twelve  hours." 

5.  "Is  not  this  salt  water?"  asked 
Fred. 

"Every  drop  of  it,"  replied  his  uncle. 


THE    FIVE   OCEANS. 

6.   "What  is  it   called?"    asked  Fred. 

"It  is  called  the  Ocean.  That  is  the 
name  given  to  the  largest  division  of 
water.  All  the  water  of  the  Earth  is 
divided  into  five  oceans. 


GLIMPSES   OF   THE    WORLD. 


45 


7.  "They  are  called:  Atlantic  Ocean, 
Pacific  Ocean,  Indian  Ocean,  Arctic  Ocean, 
Antarctic  Ocean. 

8.  "The  Atlantic  Ocean  is  the  best- 
known  ocean,  for  more  ships  sail  on  its 
waters  than  on  all  the  other  oceans  put 
together.  It  is  about  3000  miles  wide, 
and  on  the  other  side  of  it  lie  the  con- 
tinents of  Europe  and  Africa. 

9.  "A  great  sailor  named  Columbus 
first  sailed  across  the  Atlantic  Ocean.  He 
made  the  voyage  about  four  hundred  years 
ago." 


sail'or 

cov'ered 

Eu'rope           to  geth'er 

Arc'tic 

William 

In'di  an           At  lan'tic 

rising 

c/cean 

Pa  cif'ic           Ant  arc'tic 

un'cle 

fur'ther 

climbing        di  vid'ed 

Beach,  a  hard,  sandy   shore 

of 

O'cean,  largest  division  of  water. 

the  sea. 

Shore,  land  near  the  sea. 

Co  lum'bus, 

a  great  sailor. 

Tide,  rising  and  falling  of  the 

Con'ti  nent, 

largest  division 

of 

sea. 

land. 

Watch,  to   observe   with   great 

Di  vis  'ion,  part. 

care. 

46  THE    WORLD    AND    ITS    PEOPLE. 


LESSON    XIII. 
THE   WAVES   ON   THE   SEA-SHOKE. 

1.  Roll  on,  roll  on,  you  restless  waves, 

That  toss  about  and  roar! 
Why  do  you  all  run  back  again 
When  you  have  reached  the  shore  ? 

2.  Roll  on,  roll  on,  you  noisy  waves, 

Roll  higher  up  the  strand ! 
Hoav  is  it  that  you  cannot  pass 
That  line  of  yellow  sand? 

3.  Make  haste,  or  else  the  tide  will  turn; 

Make  haste,  you  noisy  sea; 
Roll  quite  across  the  bank,  and  then 
Far  on  across  the  lea ! 

4.  "We  must  not  dare,"  the  waves  reply; 

"  That  line  of  yellow  sand 
Is  laid  along  the  shore  to  bound 
The  waters  and  the  land." 


GLIMPSES    OF   THE   WORLD. 


47 


5.  And  all  should  keep  to  time  and  place, 
And  all  should  keep  to  rule ; 
Both  waves  upon  the  sandy  shore, 
And  little  boys  at  school. 


roar 

quite 

bound 


a  long' 
nois'y 
re  ply' 


Bound,  draw  a  line  between. 

Lea,  meadow. 

Shore,  land  next  the  sea. 


reached 

yel'low 

sand'y 


a  cross 
higher 

rest'less 


Strand,  sea-shore. 

Tide,  rising  and  falling  of  the  sea. 

Waves,  ridges  of  water. 


LESSON    XIV. 
SHIPS. 

1.  "  Have  men  always  had  ships  in 
which  to  sail  on  the  ocean?"  asked  Fred. 

"No,"  said  his  uncle.  "There  was  a 
time  when  men  did  not  know  how  to 
make  ships." 

2.  "But  had  they  no  means  of  sailing 
on  the  water'/"  asked  Fred. 

"  Yes ;    I    suppose    there    never  was   a 


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THE   WORLD   AND    ITS    PEOPLE. 


time  when  men  did  not  find  some  means 
of  sailing  on  the  water. 

3.  "A  log  of  wood,  or  a  number  of 
skins  filled  with  air,  on  which  one  per- 
son sat,  was  perhaps  the  first  means  of 
sailing  used. 


PADDLING   A   CANOE. 


4.  "Then  small  boats  were  made  of 
the  bark  of  trees  and  the  skins  of  ani- 
mals. Sometimes  a  boat  was  made  by 
digging  out  or  burning  out  the  inside  of 
a  large  tree.      This  was  called  a  canoe. 

5.  "Little    by   little,    men    found    out 


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how  to  make  larger  and  larger  boats. 
Even  the  largest  boats  were  pulled  along 
by  oars  till  sails  became  known ;  but 
this  was  a  long  time   ago. 

6.  "Then  ships,  first  of  wood,  and  then 
of  iron,  were  built ;  and  now  there  are 
ships  large  enough  to  contain  thousands 
of  persons. 

7.  "  How  Columbus  would  have  won- 
dered at  the  great  ships  which  now  cross 
the  Atlantic  Ocean  in  a  few  days ;  while 
it  took  him  months  to  make  his  first 
voyage ! 

8.  "  People  think  no  more  of  a  voyage 
across  the  Atlantic  Ocean  than  they  once 
thought  of  a  journey  by  coach  from  New 
York  to  Boston,  —  a  distance  of  less  than 
300  miles. 

9.  "  Can  you  tell  me  of  what  use  ships 
are?"  asked  Uncle  William. 

"  Ships  carry  the  tilings  we  make  to 
all   parts   of   the    world,   and   bring   back 


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THE   WORLD    AND    ITS    PEOPLE. 


to  us   tea,   coffee,   sugar,   and  a  thousand 
other  useful  things." 


coach            in'side 

burn'ing           an'i  mals 

means           dig'ging 

jour'ney           Co  lum'bus 

Built,  made;  put  together. 

Bos'ton,  the  capital  of  Massa- 

Cap'i tal,  chief  city.           [plant. 

chusetts. 

Coffee,  the  berry  of  the  coffee 

Sug'ar,  the  juice  of  the   sugar- 

Con tain',  hold  ;  carry. 

cane. 

New  York,  the  largest  city  in 

Won'dered,    been     filled    with 

America. 

surprise. 

LESSON    XV. 
THE   DANGERS    OF   THE   DEEP. 

1.  "What  causes  ships  to  be  so  often 
wrecked?"  asked  Fred. 

"  Sometimes  when  a  ship  is  far  away 
from  land  a  storm  comes  on.  How  the 
winds  rage,  and  shriek,  and  howl,  while 
the  thunder  roars,  and  the  lightning 
flashes  across  the  sky  ! 

2.  "  The  waves  grow  larger  and  larger, 


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51 


till  they  rise  like  mountains  of  water 
around  the  vessel  and  dash  over  it  from 
stem  to  stern. 

3.   "  Often  the   ship  is   tossed   to   and 


THE   SINKING    SHIP. 


fro  for  hours,  sometimes  for  days;  until 
at  last,  with  sails  torn,  and  masts  broken, 
it  fills  with  water  and  sinks  in  the  deep." 
4.  Standing  on  a  rock,  with  the  tide 
at  his  feet  and  miles  and  miles  of  water 


52  THE    WORLD   AND    ITS    PEOPLE. 


spread  out  before  him,  Fred  could  in  his 
mind  almost  see  the  terrible  storm  and 
the  sinking  ship. 

5.  "  The  most  fearful  thing  that  can 
happen  at  sea  is  for  a  ship  to  take  lire. 
Perhaps  those  on  board  are  happy,  and 
thinking  what  a  fine  voyage  they  are 
having,  when  the  cry,  '  Fire  !  lire  !  fire  ! ' 
is  heard. 

6.  "How  helpless  all  are  at  such  a 
time  !  Men,  women,  and  children  are  seen 
running  here  and  there,  crying  and  wring- 
ing their  hands  in  despair.  Sometimes 
hundreds  of  persons  are  burned  or  drowned, 
only  a  few  escaping  in  the  boats  to  tell 
the  sad  story." 

7.  After  tea  Fred  sat  thinking  over 
the  strange  things  he  had  heard  and 
seen.  He  looked  down  on  the  bay,  and 
saw  the  darkness  begin  to  gather  around ; 
and  as  the  lights  of  the  ships  and  the 
light-house  shone  forth,  he  thought  of  the 


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53 


hymn    he    had    often    sung,    which    is   a 
prayer  for  those  at  sea :  — 

"  Eternal  Father,  strong  to  save, 
Whose  arm  doth  bound  the  restless  wave, 
Oh,  hear  us  when  we  cry  to  Thee 
For  those  in  peril  on  the  sea." 


howl 

tossed 

per  haps' 

thun'der 

hymn 

drowned 

bro'ken 

sink'ing 

stern 

wom'en 

flasli'es 

wringing 

shriek 

run  ning 

fear'ful 

light'ing 

In  de  spair',  without  hope. 
Es  cap'ing,  getting  away.    [end. 
E  ter'nal,  without  beginning  or 
Hap 'pen,  take  place. 


Moun'tains,  great  heights. 
Per'il,  danger. 

Ter'ri  ble,  very  wild ;  fearful. 
Wrecked,  destroyed. 


LESSON    XVI. 


ON   THE    SEA. 

1.  One   day   Uncle  William   took  Fred 
and  Mary  for  a  short  sail  on  the  sea. 

2.  With   a  slight  feeling  of   fear,  that 
he   tried   hard    to    put    away,    Fred    took 


54  THE   WORLD   AND    ITS    PEOPLE. 

hold  of  the  boatman's  hand  and  stepped 
into  the  boat. 

3.  As  the  boat  went  up  and  down 
till  Fred  felt  quite  dizzy,  he  said,  "  Won't 
the  water  be  still?" 

"I  am  afraid  not,"  replied  his  uncle. 
"But  is  it  never  still?" 
"Never,"  was  the  reply. 

4.  Fred  sat  in  the  boat,  lost  in  won- 
der at  the  sight  of  the  vast  and  restless 
ocean. 

5.  By  and  by  the  boatman  put  up  the 
sail,  and  the  wind  at  once  rilled  it,  and 
carried  their  boat  swiftly  a  short  dis- 
tance   out   to    sea. 

6.  They  had  not  gone  far  before  Fred, 
as  if  still  in  doubt,  said,  "  Uncle  William, 
is  this  really  the  ocean  on  which  we  are 
sailing?  " 

7.  "This  is  really  the  ocean,  my  boy," 
said  his  uncle.  "Just  as  much  the  ocean 
as  if  we  were  a  thousand  miles  from  land, 


GLIMPSES   OF   THE   WORLD. 


55 


and  just  as  much  the  ocean  as  your  garden 
is  a  part  of  the  land." 

8.  They  had  now  gone  some  distance 
from  the  land,  and  had  a  good  view  of 
the  sea-coast  or  shore. 


1).  "Do  you  see  where  the  water 
washes  up  on  the  land,  and  the  coast 
bends  like  a  bow?"  asked  his  uncle. 

"Yes,"  replied  Fred. 


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THE   WORLD   AND    ITS    PEOPLE. 


10.  "That  is  called  a  bay.  Sometimes, 
when  the  opening,  up  which  the  sea 
rushes,  is  narrow,  the  opening  is  called  a 
gulf;  but  gulfs  and  bays  are  much  alike." 


11.  While  they  had  been  talking,  the 
boat  had  entered  a  narrow  passage  of 
water.  The  land  at  both  sides  was  so 
near,  that  Fred  could  have  thrown  a 
stone  to  the  shore. 

12.  "Is  this  another  bay?"  he  asked. 


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57 


"No;  this  is  a  strait,"  said  his  uncle. 
"  You  see  there  is  a  passage  right  through 
from  one  piece  of  water  to  another." 

13.  "Oh,  yes;  now  I  remember  my 
Geography  says,  '  A  strait  is  a  narrow 
passage  of  water  joining  two  larger 
bodies  of  water.'  " 


tried 

doubt 

slight 


stepped 

diz'zy 

bod'ies 


feel'ing 
joining 

nar'row 


pas  sage 

swiftly 

car'ried 


Bay,  opening  into  the  land. 
Coast,  land  nearest  the  sea. 
Gulf,  opening  into  the  land. 
O'ceau,  largest  division  of  water. 


Strait,  narrow  passage  of  water 
Vast,  very  great. 
View,  sight  of. 
Won't,  will  not. 


LESSON   XVII. 
THE     BOATMAN'S     STORY. 

1.  Having  passed  through  the  strait, 
Fred  said  to  the  boatman,  "  Were  you 
ever  out  at  sea?  " 

2.  "Hundreds   of   times,"    replied    the 


58  THE   WORLD   AND    ITS    PEOPLE. 


old  man,  with  a  smile.  "  I  have  lived 
the  greater  part  of  my  life  on  the  sea. 
I  have  seen  nearly  every  country  in  the 
Avorld,  sailed  on  every  ocean,  and  on 
almost  every  sea.  I  have  been  round  the 
world." 

3.  "Round  the  world!"  said  Fred, 
looking  with  new  wonder  on  the  weather- 
beaten  sailor,  —  "  round  the  world  !  "  he 
repeated.  "What  a  long  time  such  a 
voyage  would  take  !  " 

4.  "Not  so  long  as  when  I  was  at 
the  whale-fishing,"  said  the  boatman. 

"Will  you  tell  me  about  that?" 
asked  Fred. 

5.  "With  pleasure,"  said  the  old  man; 
"for  those  were  stirring  times,  and  I  often 
think  of  them  now,  as  I  sit  by  the  sea 
watching  the  ebb  and  flow  of  the  tide. 

6.  "In  a  ship  called  a  whaler  I  sailed 
ten  years  ago.  We  had  not  been  long 
on  the  lookout  before  we  caught  sight  of 


GLIMPSES   OF  THE   WORLD.  59 


a  whale.     Two  boats  were  quickly  lowered 
out  of  the  ship,  and  we  rowed  after  it. 

7.  "When  Ave  got  near  the  whale,  we 
fired  large  spears  called  harpoons  into  it 
from  our  harpoon  guns.  They  stuck  into 
its  flesh  and  remained  there ;  but  we  had 
a  long  rope  fastened  to  the  end  of  the 
harpoon. 

8.  "As  soon  as  the  animal  felt  that 
it  was  wounded,  it  dived  and  swam  under 
water,  dragging  one  of  our  boats  along 
for  some  miles.  Then  it  got  under  the 
boat,  and  with  its  great  tail  tossed  it 
into  the  air. 

9.  "  Oars,  ropes,  and  broken  planks 
were  strewn  over  the  surface  of  the 
water,  and  among  them  we  were  strug- 
gling for  our  lives. 

10.  "  Each  man  clung  to  anything  he 
could  lay  hold  of,  to  keep  himself  afloat, 
until  the  ship  came  up  and  took  us  on 
board." 


60 


THE   WORLD    AND    ITS    PEOPLE. 


11.  The  boat  having  by  this  time  re- 
turned to  the  shore,  Fred  thanked  the 
boatman  very  much  for  his  story. 


rowed 

caught 

strewn 

through 

nearly 


beat'en 
weath'er 
coun'try 
har  poon' 
whal'er 


A  float',  from  sinking. 
Dived,  plunged ;  darted. 
Ebb  and  flow,  daily  motion. 
Look'out,  watch. 


stir 'ring 
watching 
re  turned' 
pleas'ure 

fastened 


drag'ging 
an'i  mal 
re  mained' 
re  peat'ed 
strug'glin^ 


Low'ered,  let  down. 
Voy'age,  a  journey  by  sea. 
Whal'er,  ship  for  whale-fishing. 
Wound'ed,  hurt. 


LESSON    XVIII. 


PARTS   OF   THE   SEA. 


1.  On  the  evening  of  the  day  on  which 
they  had  their  first  sail  on  the  sea,  Fred 
asked  his  uncle  for  a  map.  He  wished 
to  look  at  the  Atlantic  Ocean.  Having 
sailed  on  it,  he  felt  that  he  ought  to 
know  something  about  it. 


GLIMPSES   OF  THE   WORLD.  61 


2.  His  uncle  gave  him  a  map  of  North 
America,  from  which  he  and  Mary  drew 
a  map  of  the  Atlantic  Ocean. 

3.  Then,  with  this  map  and  the  map 
of  North  America  before  them,  Mary  asked 
questions  and  Fred  answered  them. 

Mary.     What  is  an  ocean? 

Fred.  An  ocean  is  the  largest  division 
of  water ;  as  the  Atlantic  Ocean. 

Mary.     Name  parts  of  an  ocean. 

Fred.  Parts  of  an  ocean  are  called 
sea,  bay,  gulf,  strait,  and  channel. 

4.  Mary.     What  is  a  sea? 

Fred.  A  sea  is  a  part  of  an  ocean 
nearly  surrounded  by  land ;  as  the  Med- 
iterranean Sea,  which  is  a  part  of  the 
Atlantic  Ocean,  nearly  surrounded  by 
Europe,  Asia,  and   Africa. 

5.  Mary.     What  are  bays  and  gulfs? 
Fred,     Bays  and  gulfs  are  openings  by 

which  the  water  stretches  into  the  land ; 
as  Hudson  Bay,  and  the  Gulf  of  Mexico, 


62  THE   WORLD   AND    ITS    PEOPLE. 


6.  "What  are  havens  and  harbors?" 
said  Fred. 

"Openings  in  which  ships  can  find  shel- 
ter from  storms,  and  where  they  can  safely 
anchor,  are  called  havens  and  harbors." 

7.  "Here,"  said  Mary,  "is  a  strait. 
What  is  that?" 

"A  strait,"  answered  Fred,  "is  a  nar- 
row passage  of  water  joining  two  larger 
bodies  of  water ;  as  Hudson  Strait,  con- 
necting Hudson  Bay  with  the  Atlantic 
Ocean."  


know  bodies  an'chor  questions 

sailed  strait  har'bor  o'pen  ing 

called  ha'vens  an'swered  Mex'i  co 


SUMMAKY, 


An  ocean  is  the  largest  divis- 
ion of  water ;  as  the  Atlantic 
Ocean. 

A  sea  is  a  part  of  an  ocean 
nearly  surrounded  by  land;  as 
the  Mediterranean  Sea. 

Bays  and  Gulfs  are  "waters 
stretching  into  the  land  ;  as  Hud- 
son Bay,  the  Gulf  of  Mexico. 


Havens  and  harbors  are 
openings  in  which  ships  shelter 
from  storms,  and  where  they 
may  safely  anchor. 

A  strait  is  a  narrow  passage 
of  water  joining  two  larger 
bodies  of  water ;  as  Hudson 
Strait. 


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63 


LESSON    XIX. 

THE    SIX   CONTINENTS. 

1.  Uncle  William  being  busy  one  morn- 
ins;,  Fred  was  left  to  amuse  himself.  So 
lie  ran  down  to  where  he  saw  the  old 
boatman  in  whose  boat  they  had  sailed 
on  the  bay. 


MAP   OF   THE   SIX   CONTINENTS. 


2.  Fred  went  up  to  the  old  man,  who 
received  him  with  a  pleasant  smile.  Fred 
began  at  once  to  question  his  friend. 

3.  "You  said  that  you  had  seen  nearly 
every  country  in  the  world,"  said  Fred. 
"How  many  countries  are  there?" 


64  THE   WORLD    AND    ITS    PEOPLE. 

4.  The  old  sailor  laughed,  and  replied, 
"  That  is  more  than  I  can  tell ;  but  I 
know  how  many  continents  there  are." 

5.  "  How  many?  " 
"Six." 

"You  mean  oceans,"  said  Fred.  "1 
know  their  names." 

6.  "  No,  I  mean  continents.  There  are 
live  oceans,  but  six  continents,  my  little 
man ;  so  the  one  will  help  you  to  remem- 
ber the  other." 

7.  "Are  the  continents  one  large  piece 
of  land,  just  as  the  oceans  are  one  large 
sheet  of  water?"  asked  Fred. 

8.  "Oh,  no,"  said  the  boatman;  "the 
land  of  the  Earth,  though  called  six  con- 
tinents, is  made  up  of  three  large  pieces 
and  thousands  of  small  pieces. 

9.  "The  largest  piece  of  land  contains 
three  continents :  their  names  are  Europe, 
Asia,  and  Africa.  The  other  two  large 
pieces   are,   the   continents   of   North  and 


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65 


South  America,  and  the  continent  of  Aus- 
tralia." 

10.   "  In  which  of  the  continents  do  we 
live?"  asked  Fred. 

"We  live  in  North  America,"  answered 
the  old  boatman. 


friend 

piec'es 

A'si  a 

near'ly 

bet'ter 

laughed 

sinall'est  Af'ri  ca 

Eu'rope  A  mer'i  ca 

coun'tries  Aus  tra'li  a 


Con  tains',  has  in  it. 

Con'ti  nent,  the  largest  division 

of  land. 
O'cean,  the  largest  division  of 

water. 


Pleas'ant,  happy;  cheerful. 
Ques'tion,  ask  cpiestions  of. 
Re  ceived',  welcomed. 
Re  mem'ber,  keep  in  mind. 
Re  plied',  answered. 


LESSON    XX. 
GOD    IS   GREAT   AND   GOOD. 

1.  I  know  God  made  the  sun 
To  till  the  day  with  light ; 
He  made  the  twinkling  stars 
To  shine  all  through  the  night. 


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THE   WORLD    AND    US    PEOPLE. 


2.  He  made  the  hills  that  rise 

So  very  high  and  steep ; 
He  made  the  lakes  and  seas, 
That  are  so  broad  and  deep. 

3.  He  made  the  streams  so  wide, 

That  flow  through  wood  and  vale  ; 
He  made  the  rills  so  small, 
That  leap  down  hill  and  dale. 

4.  He  made  each  bird  that  sings 

So  sweetly  all  the  day; 
He  made  each  flower  that  springs 
So  bright,   so  fresh,   so  gay. 

5.  And  He  who  made  all  these, 

He  made  both  yon  and  me ; 
Oh,  let  ns  thank  Him,  then, 
For  great  and  good  is  He. 


shine 
leap 


great 
broad 


bright 
through 


steep 
sweet'ly 


Lakes,  water  surrounded  by  land. 
Rills,  small  streams. 
Seas,  parts  of  oceans. 


Springs,  comes  forth;  grows. 
Streams,  running  water. 
Twink'ling,  sparkling. 


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LESSON  XXI. 
COUNTRIES. 

1.  "Where  have  you  been  all  the 
morning?"  Uncle  William  asked  when 
he  met  Fred  at  dinner. 

2.  "I  went  for  a  walk  on  the  sands," 
he  replied;  "and  there  I  saw  the  boat- 
man who  gave  us  the  sail  in  his  boat, 
and  I  had  a  long  talk  with  him." 

3.  "What  about?" 

"The  land  of  the  Earth.  He  told  me 
that  there  are  six  continents  and  five 
oceans ;  and  now  I  know  the  names  both 
of  the  continents  and  of  the  oceans." 

4.  "Tell  me  what  a  continent  is?" 
asked  his  uncle. 

"  A  continent  is  the  largest  division 
of  land." 

5.  "Now,  what  is  a  country?" 

"  A  country  is  a  part  of  a  continent 
having  a  name  and  a  people  of  its  own." 


68  THE   WORLD   AND    ITS    PEOPLE. 


6.  "In  which  of  the  continents  do  we 
live?" 

"We  live  in  North  America." 

7.  "In  what  country  do  we  live?" 

' '  We  live  in  the  country  called  the 
United  States." 

8.  ' '  Now,  we  will  make  a  map  of  the 
continent  of  North  America,  and  mark  all 
the  countries  on  it,"  said  his  uncle. 

9.  Before  putting  the  map  aAvay,  Fred 
pointed  out  the  different  countries.  They 
are  Greenland,  British  America,  United 
States,  Mexico,  Central  America,  and  the 
West  Indies. 


put'ting 

differ  ent 

North  A  mer'i  ca 

near'est 

boat'man 

U  nit'ed  States 

morn'ing 

West  In'dies 

Cen'tral  A  mer'i  ca 

Mex'i  co 

Greenland 

British  A  mer'i  ca 

Coun'try,  part   of   a   continent  I  Di  vi'sion,  part, 
with  a  people  of  its  own.         |  Sail,  ride  in  a  boat. 


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69 


MAP   OF   NORTH   AMERICA. 


70  THE   WORLD   AND    ITS    PEOPLE 


LESSON    XXII. 
ALONG   THE   COAST. 

1.  One  fine  day  Fred  and  Mary  went 
with  their  uncle  for  a  short  trip  in  a 
steamer. 

2.  On  a  rock  near  the  shore  stood  a 
lighthouse.  It  was  a  high,  round  tower, 
with  a  lantern  at  the  top,  the  light  of 
which  could  be  seen  by  sailors  many 
miles  away.  It  had  been  placed  there 
to  warn  them  not  to  run  their  ships 
against  the  coast  in  the  dark. 

3.  A  little  farther  along  the  shore  was 
the  house  where  the  life-boat  was  kept. 
Men  are  ready  to  go  out  from  here  at 
any  hour  of  the  day  or  night  to  help  a 
ship  that  may  be  in  danger. 

4.  "What  is  that  piece  of  land  called 
which  stretches  out  into  the  sea?"  asked 
Fred. 

5.  "  That   is   a   cape,"    said    his    uncle. 


GLIMPSES   OF   THE   WORLD. 


71 


A    LIGHTHOUSE. 


72 


THE   WORLD   AND    ITS    PEOPLE. 


"  Some   capes   rise   high    above    the    sea, 
and  are  called  promontories. 

6.  "  Some  of  the  most  noted  capes  in 
the  United  States  are  Cape  Cod,  Cape 
Hatteras,  and  Cape  Sable. 


A    PROMONTORY. 


7.  "Two  other  well-known  capes  are, 
the  Cape  of  Good  Hope,  in  the  southern 
part  of  Africa ;  and  Cape  Horn,  in  the 
southern  part  of  South  America." 

8.  As   Uncle   William   finished    speak- 


GLIMPSES   OF   THE   WORLD. 


73 


ing,  the  steamer  stopped  at  a  landing- 
place  ;  but  it  was  not  the  one  from  which 
they  had  started. 


un'cle 

dan'ger 

tow'er 


ready 

far'ther 

start'ed 


landing 
steam'er 
finished 


speak'ing 
stretch'es 
Hat'ter  as 


Lan'tern,    case    for    holding    a 

light. 
Life'boat,  boat  for  saving  life. 
Light'house,  house  with  a  light. 
Not'ed,  well  known. 


Prom' on  to  ry,  high  cape. 
Shore,  land  next  the  sea. 
Trip,  journey  by  sea  or  land. 
Warn,  give  notice  to. 
Cape,  low  point  of  land. 


LESSON    XXIII. 
O'ER   THE   RIPPLING   OCEAN. 

1.  O'er  the  rippling  ocean 

Swift  the  good  ship  flies, 
With  a  graceful  motion 
On  her  way  she  hies. 

2.  See  her  white  sails  gleaming 

So  gayly  all  outspread; 


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THE   WORLD   AND    ITS    PEOPLE. 


See  her  pennon  streaming 
From  the  tall  mast-head. 

3.  Sunny  skies  are  o'er  her, 

Skies  of  brightest  blue ; 
And  her  path  before  her 
Smooth  and  tranquil  too. 

4.  Prosperous  gales  attend  thee. 

Good  ship,  o'er  the  main ; 
Prosperous  breezes  send  thee 
Safely  home  again ! 


swift 

sun'ny 

pennon 

gay'ly 

flies 

safe'ly 

at  tend' 

brightest 

skies 

a  gain' 

breez'es 

gleam'ing 

smooth 

mo'tion 

grace'ful 

out  spread 

Gales,  strong  winds. 

Hies,  goes ;  sails. 

Main,  ocean. 

O'cean,  largest  division  of  water. 

O'er,  over. 

Pen'non,  small  flag ;  streamer. 


Pros'per  ous,  favorable. 
Rip'pling,    curling    into    small 

waves. 
Streaming,  spread   out  by  the 

wind. 
Tran'quil,  quiet ;  calm. 


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LESSON    XXIV. 
ON   AN   ISLAND. 

1.  When  they  had  landed,  Uncle  Wil- 
liam led  his  little  visitors  away  from  the 
shore  to  the  top  of  a  hill.     Fred  and  Mary 


A    ROCKY    ISLAND 


looked  around  together,  and  both  cried  out 
in  wonder.  They  were  surrounded  by 
water! 

2.  Mary,  like  Fred,  had  been  taught 
to  say  that  "  an  island  was  land  sur- 
rounded  by  water";   but  neither  of  them 


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had  ever  thought  of  anything  so  beautiful 
as  this. 

3.  "Is  this  a  large  island?"  asked 
Fred. 

"Oh,  no,"  said  his  uncle;  "this  is  a 
very  small  island.     Some  islands  are  hun- 


MAP   OF   THE    ISLAND   OF    MARTHA'S   VINEYARD. 

dreds   of    miles   in  length    and    breadth, 

while     others     are  only    rocks     peeping 
above  the  water. 

4.   "  One  of  the  most  beautiful  islands 


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we  have  is  Martha's  Vineyard.  Do  you 
know  where  it  is?"  asked  Uncle  William, 
turning  to  Mary. 

5.  "The  island  of  Martha's  Vineyard 
is  off  the  southern  coast  of  Massachusetts, 
in  the  Atlantic  Ocean,"  said  Mary.  "It 
is  separated  from  Massachusetts  by  Vine- 
yard Sound." 

6.  The  steamer  returned  by  a  different 
way,  first  sailing  quite  round  the  island. 
As  they  passed  a  point  of  land,  Fred 
called  out,   "Another  island!" 

7.  "  Not  quite,"  said  his  uncle. 
"Not  quite  what?"  asked  Fred. 

"  Not  quite  an  island.  It  is  a  penin- 
sula." 

8.  Fred  now  saw  that  it  was  a  piece 
of  land  nearly  surrounded  by  water,  and 
therefore  almost  an  island. 

9.  "  The  narrow  neck  which  joins  the 
peninsula  to  the  mainland  is  called  an 
isthmus,"  said  his  uncle. 


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10.   "  A    good   example    of    a   peninsula 

in     the     United 


States  is  Florida. 
It  is  nearly  sur- 
rounded by  the 
Atlantic  Ocean 
and  the  Gulf  of 
Mexico. 

11.  "The  Isth- 
mus of  Suez 
joins  Asia  to  Af- 
rica. A  large 
canal    for    ships 

has  been  cut  through  this  isthmus.     It  is 

called  the  Suez  Canal." 

12.  The    steamer  having   again  entered 

the   bay,   our  friends  went   home   to  talk 

about  all  they  had  seen  and  heard. 


MAP  OF   FLORIDA   PENINSULA. 


Su'ez 

isth'mus 

Af 'ri  ca 

sep'a  rat  ed 

ca  nal' 

en'tered 

Flor'i  da 

sur  rountTed 

A'sia 

mainland 

ex  am'ple 

pen  in'su  la 

friends 

moun'tain 

laugh'ing 

beau'ti  ful 

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SUMMARY. 


A  continent  is  the  largest 
division  of  land  ;  as  North 
America. 

A  country  is  a  part  of  a  con- 
tinent; as  the  United  States. 

An  island  is  land  surrounded 
by  water ;  as  Martha's  Vine- 
yard. 

A  peninsula  is  land  almost 
surrounded  by  water ;  as  Florida. 


An  isthmus  is  a  narrow  neck 
of  land  joining  two  larger  por- 
tions together;  as  the  Isthmus 
of  Suez. 

The  coast  is  land  next  the 
sea. 

A  cape  is  land  stretching  out 
into  the  sea ;  as  Cape  Cod. 

A  promontory  is  a  high  cape ; 
as  Cape  Ann. 


LESSON    XXV. 


MOUNTAINS    AND   HILLS. 


1.  Uncle  William  one  day  took  his 
young  visitors  on  a  journey  to  the  top  of 
a  high  hill  many  miles  from  his  home 
by  the  sea. 

2.  The  hill  was  somewhat  steep ;  but 
it  was  fine  fun  for  them  to  climb  it, 
grasping  the  bushes  and  the  ledges  of 
rock  to  help  them  up. 

3.  "On  the  summit  at  last!"  said 
Mary. 


80  THE    WORLD   AND    ITS    PEOPLE. 


"Is  that  the  name  of  the  hill?" 
asked  Fred. 

"No,"  she  said,  laughing;  "it  is  the 
name  of  the  top  of  any  hill.  This  is  a 
hill  on  which  we  are  standing  ;  and  that 
is  a  mountain,"  pointing  to  a  height  they 
could  see  far  away. 

4.  "Then  a  mountain  is  higher  than 
a  hill?"  said  Fred. 

5.  "Yes,"  said  Mary;  "a  mountain 
must  be  at  least  fifteen  hundred  feet 
above  the  level  of  the  sea.  If  lower  than 
that,  it  is  called  a  hill.  The  bottom  of 
a  hill  or  a  mountain  is  called  the  base, 
and  the  sides  are  called  the  slopes." 

6.  "What  is  the  name  for  the  hollow 
between  two  mountains  or  hills?"  he 
asked. 

"A  valley,"  said  Mary. 

7.  Uncle  William  was  glad  to  see  how 
willing  Mary  was  to  teach  and  how  eager 
Fred  Avas  to  learn. 


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8.  "Have  you  ever  heard  of  the  Green 
Mountain  Range?"  asked  his  uncle,  turn- 
ing to  Fred. 

"Yes,"  said  Fred. 

"There  it  is,"  said  Uncle  William, 
pointing  to  a  range  of  mountains  in  the 
far  distance.  Fred  sprang  to  his  feet 
with  a  cry  of  wonder. 

9.  "  Look  how  it  stretches  away  to 
the  north,  and  also  to  the  south,  in  one 
long  ridge.  That  is  what  is  called  a 
chain  or  a  range  of  mountains. 

10.  "  Sometimes  a  number  of  mountain 
peaks  are  found  near  to  one  another,  but 
do  not  form  a  range  or  chain.  They  are 
called  a  group ;  as  the  White  Mountain 
group. 

11.  "  Do  you  know  the  names  of  any 
high  mountains,  Mary?"  asked  her  uncle. 

"  One  of  the  highest  mountains  in  the 
United  States  is  Pike's  Peak  in  Colorado ; 
the  most  noted  in  Europe  is  Mont  Blanc; 


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and    the   highest   in    the  world    is    Mount 
Everest,  in  Asia." 

12.  "  Do  you  know  the  verse  which 
calls  Mont  Blanc  the  monarch  or  king  of 
mountains?  " 

"I  do,"  said  Mary. 

"  Mont  Blanc  is  the  monarch  of  mountains ; 
They  crowned  him  long  ago, 
On  a  throne  of  rocks,  in  a  robe  of  clouds, 
With  a  diadem  of  snow." 

13.  "Mount  Everest,  in  India,  a  part 
of  Asia,  is  a  giant  mountain,"  said  her 
uncle.  "It  is  about  live  miles  high,  and 
the  top  is  covered  with  snow  all  the 
year  round. 

14.  "A  volcano  is  the  greatest  wonder 
among  mountains.  It  is  a  mountain  which 
throws  up  smoke,  and  ashes,  and  flames, 
while  down  its  sides  run  streams  of 
melted  rocks.  Mount  Etna,  in  Sicily,  is 
a  volcano. 


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15.  "  Do  you  see  yon  level  piece  of 
country  stretching  away  in  the  distance?" 
said  Uncle  William,  pointing  as  he  spoke. 
"It  is  called  a  plain.     When  a  plain  is 


A  VOLCANO. 


raised  above  the  rest  of  the  country 
around,  it  is  called  a  table-land.  There 
is  a  large  table-land  in  Mexico,  which  is 
south  of  the  United  States." 


height        ea'ger 
asli'es  ledg'es 

crowned     sum'mit 


mon'arch     grasp'ing 
In'di  a  Pike's  Peak 

melt'ed         White  Monn'tnins 


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SUMMARY. 


A  hill  or  a  mountain  is  land 
raised  above  the  level  of  the  sur- 
rounding country ;  as  the  Blue 
Hills. 

A  mountain  is  higher  than  a 
hill. 

The  parts  of  a  hill  or  a  moun- 
tain are  —  the  base,  bottom  or 
foot ;  the  slopes,  sides  ;  the  sum- 
mit, top. 

A  valley  is  a  hollow  between 
two  hills  or  mountains. 


A  range  or  chain  is  a  long 
ridge  of  mountains ;  as  the 
Green  Mountains. 

A  group  is  a  collection  of 
peaks  near  together,  but  not 
forming  a  range ;  as  the  "White 
Mountains. 

A  volcano  is  a  burning  moun- 
tain ;  as  Mount  Etna,  in  Sicily. 

A  plain  is  a  level  piece  of 
country. 

A  table-land  is  a  high  plain. 


LESSON     XXVI. 


MOUNTAIN-CLIMBING. 

1.  "  Are  there  any  mountains  in  the 
United  States  covered  with  snow  all  the 
year  round?"  asked  Fred  when  dinner 
was  over. 

"Oh,  yes,"  said  his  uncle,  "many 
peaks  on  our  Pacific  coast,  and  also  in 
the  chain  of  the  Kocky  Mountains  are 
white  with  snow  during  the  entire  year." 

2.  "  But  is  not  a  country  very  cold  in 


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which  the  mountains  are  always  covered 
with  snow?  " 

3.  "No,"  said  Uncle  William.  "Some 
snow -covered  mountains  are  in  much 
warmer  countries  than  ours,  —  countries 
where  grapes  and  figs  grow  in  the  open 
air.  There  it  is  summer  and  winter  at 
the  same  time,  —  summer  in  the  plains, 
and  winter  on  the  mountains." 

4.  "Did  you  ever  climb  to  the  top  of 
any  of  those  high  mountains?"  asked 
Fred. 

"No,  my  boy,"  said  his  uncle;  "but  I 
will  tell  you  a  story  about  some  mountain- 
climbers. 

5.  "  Some  years  ago  four  gentlemen 
and  three  guides  climbed  to  the  top  of 
one  of  the  highest  peaks  of  the  Alps. 

6.  "  Sometimes  they  had  to  cut  steps 
up  which  to  mount,  and  sometimes  they 
had  to  help  one  another  over  dangerous 
points.      So   far   as  we   know,   they  were 


86  THE   WORLD   AND    ITS    PEOPLE. 


the    first   persons   who   had   ever   climbed 
that  mountain. 

7.  "  From  the  summit  they  had  a 
glorious  view.  They  remained  there  about 
an  hour,  looking  down  on  other  high 
mountains  also  covered  with  snow.  Then, 
having  planted  a  flag  on  the  top,  as  a 
signal  of  their  success  in  climbing,  they 
began  to  descend. 

8.  "  Just  as  they  reached  the  worst 
part  of  the  mountain  one  of  them  fell, 
and  in  falling  he  knocked  down  the  per- 
son in  front  of  him.  The  rope  by  which 
they  were  all  tied  together  broke,  and 
four  of  the  travellers,  when  last  seen  by 
their  friends,  were  sliding  downward  on 
their  backs,  and  spreading  out  their  hands 
trying  to  save  themselves. 

9.  "The  three  remaining  travellers, — 
one  gentleman  and  two  guides,  —  made 
the  best  of  their  way  to  the  foot  of  the 
mountain.       Help    was    obtained ;    but   it 


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87 


was   of   no   use,    for   all   who   had    fallen 
were  dead. 

10.  "A  number  of  guides  went  out 
next  day  and  carried  the  bodies  to  a  vil- 
lage at  the  foot  of  the  mountain.  They 
were  buried  in  a  churchyard  a  few  miles 
from  the  place  where  they  fell." 

11.  One  last  look  at  the  far-off  moun- 
tains, and  then  Uncle  William  led  the 
way  down.  A  few  minutes  brought  them 
to  the  foot  of  the  hill,  and  then  once 
more  they  turned  their  faces  homeward. 

On  their  way  home  Fred  remarked  to 
his  sister,  "That  was  the  grandest  sight 
I  ever  saw." 


guides 

bod'ies 

climb'ers            re  mained' 

climbed 

slid'ing 

down'ward        glo'ri  oils 

knocked 

fairing 

nountains  of  Eur 

home'ward         gen'tle  man 

Alps,  chief 

ope. 

Peaks,    separate     points    in    a 

Dan'ger  ous,  unsafe. 

mountain  range. 

De  scend', 

*o  down. 

Re  main'ing,  left. 

Moun'tain 

land  1,500  feet  h 

igh. 

Suni'mit,  top. 

Ob  tained', 

got. 

Village,  few  houses  together. 

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LESSON    XXVII. 

UNCLE   WILLIAM'S   STORY. 

1.  In  the  evening  both  Fred  and  Mary 
were  too  tired  to  care  for  going  out  again ; 
so  their  uncle  told  them  the  following 
story :  — 

2.  "  Once  on  a  time,  in  a  city  of 
Arabia,  a  number  of  people  were  making 
ready  for  a  long  journey.  They  were 
merchants,  who  travelled  from  country  to 
country,  carrying  with  them  costly  goods 
to  sell. 

3.  "  Their  goods  were  packed  in  bun- 
dles, which  were  carried  on  camels'  backs. 
There  were  no  railways  to  convey  them 
from  place  to  place  ;  and  they  could  not 
take  wagons,  for  there  were  no  roads  by 
which  to  travel. 

4.  "  One  morning,  before  sunrise,  they 
started  on  their  long  journey.  You  would 
have  been  pleased  had  you  seen  the  cara- 


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89 


van  with  its  long  line  of  camels  bearing 
the  goods  and  the  merchants  as  it 
marched  out  of  the  city. 

5.  "Why  camels  only?  had  they  no 
horses?  you  may  ask.  They  knew  that 
it  would  not   do   to   take    horses   on  this 


CARAVAN   CROSSING   THE    DESERT. 


journey ;  for  they  were  going  where  they 
would  be  days  and  days,  perhaps  weeks, 
without  seeing  a  drop  of  water,  or  even 
a  1)1  adc  of  grass. 

6.   "They  were  going  to  cross  a  desert. 


90  THE   WORLD   AND    ITS    PEOPLE. 


A  desert  is  a  wild  waste  of  land,  where 
there  are  few  trees,  hardly  any  grass  or 
water,  no  houses,  and  few  animals ;  but 
where  there  are  almost  everywhere  rocks, 
and  stones,  and  sand, — hot,  shining  sand, 
which  hurts  the  eyes  and  burns  the  feet. 

7.  "On  the  border  of  the  desert  they 
rested  for  the  night.  Early  next  morning 
they  feci  their  camels,  and  filled  every 
vessel  they  had  with  water,  and  then 
started.  Hour  after  hour  passed,  and  all 
around  them,  as  far  as  the  eye  could  see, 
there  was  nothing  but  shining  sand. 

8.  "  Suddenly  an  awful  storm  came  on. 
The  wind  blew  fiercely,  and  great  clouds 
of  sand  were  lifted  into  the  air,  —  clouds 
which  darkened  the  sun  !  The  merchants 
at  once  jumped  off  their  camels,  covered 
themselves  with  their  cloaks,  and  lay 
down ;  while  the  poor  beasts  closed  their 
nostrils,  and  knelt  with  their  backs  to 
the  wind,  till  the  danger  was  past. 


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9.  "When  the  storm  had  blown  over, 
they  started  again,  thankful  that  none  of 
them  had  been  buried  in  the  sand.  With 
long  strides  the  camels  went  on  their 
journey,  their  large,  soft  feet  spreading 
out  and  keeping  them  from  sinking  in 
the  sand. 

10.  "But  the  patient  beasts  got  no 
water.  They  did  not  need  it;  for  the 
camel  has  a  bag  or  pouch  in  its  stomach, 
in  which  it  keeps  enough  of  water  to  last 
it  for  several  days. 

11.  "  One  merchant  was  obliged  to  kill 
a  camel  for  the  sake  of  the  water  in  its 
stomach.  Though  he  got  very  little  after 
all,  yet  it  kept  him  alive.  Just,  however, 
as  they  were  all  ready  to  give  up  in 
despair,  a  cry  of  gladness  came  from 
those  in  front,  and  all  pressed  forward ;  — 
they  had  found  water! 

12.  "  In  the  midst  of  the  desert  a  patch 
of  grass  was  seen,  and  a  cluster  of  trees ; 


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and  better  still,  —  there  was  a  spring  of 
fresh  water!  They  had  come  upon  an 
oasis,  one  of  those  fruitful  spots  which 
are  to  be  found  in  the  desert,  and  which 
appear  like  green  islands  in  a  sea  of 
sand.  What  do  you  think  made  the  trees 
and  grass  grow  in  this  particular  spot? 
It  is  as  impossible  for  plants  to  live  with- 
out water  as  it  is  for  boys  and  girls. 

13.  "  Soon  both  men  and  camels,  having 
quenched  their  thirst,  were  resting  beneath 
the  shade  of  the  trees ;  and  there  they 
remained  several  days  before  they  again 
faced  the  dangers  of  the  desert." 


cam'el 
aw'ful 
des'ert 
con  vey' 


clus'ter 
bim'dles 
car'ried 
de  spair' 


wag'ons 
o'a  sis 
stom'ach 
pa'tient 


fierce'ly 
fruit'ful 

o  bliged' 
rail'ways 


A  ra'bi  a,  a  country  of  Asia. 

Bor'der,  edge. 

Car'a  van,  a  company  of  traders 

or  travellers. 
Costly,  high-priced. 


Mer'chants,  men  who  buy  and 

sell. 
Nos'trils,  noses. 
Quenched,  satisfied. 
Sun'rise,  time  the  sun  appears. 


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LESSON    XXVIII. 

THE    CAMEL. 

1.  Camel,  thou  art  good  and  mild, 
Docile  as  a  little  child ; 

Thou  wast  made  for  usefulness, 
Man  to  comfort  and  to  bless. 

2.  Thou  dost  clothe  him,  thou  dost  feed, 
Thou  dost  lend  to  him  thy  speed ; 
And  through  wilds  of  trackless  sand, 
In  the  hot  Arabian  land, 

3.  Dost  thou  go,  untired  and  meek, 
Day  by  day,  and  week  by  week, 
Bale  on  bale,  and  heap  on  heap, 
Laden  like  a  costly  ship. 

4.  And  when  week  by  week  is  gone 
And  the  traveller  journeys  on, 
Till  at  last  his  strength  is  fled, 

And  his  limbs  and  heart  seem  dead ; 


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5.  Then  his  camel  turns  his  eye 
On  him  kindly,  soothingly, 
As  if  thus  to  him  to  say :  — 
Journey  on  another  day ; 

6.  Do  not  let  thy  heart  despond, 
There  is  water  just  beyond : 

I  can  scent  it  in  the  air ; 
Do  not  let  thy  heart  despair. 


7.  Camel,  thou  art  good  and  mild, 
Docile  as  a  little  child ; 
Thou  wast  made  for  usefulness, 
Man  to  comfort  and  to  bless. 


Mary  Howitt. 

speed           through 
limbs            strength 
clothe          costly 

un  tired' 

kind'ly 
com'fort 

lad'en 
trav'el  ler 
use'ful  ness 

A  ra'bi  an,  belonging  to  Arabia. 

Bale,  bundle;  package. 

Be  yond',  a  little  further  away. 

Dead,  without  life. 

De  spond',  lose  hope. 

Doc'ile,  willing  to  obey. 
Scent,  smell. 

Sooth'ing  ly,  so  as  to  calm. 
Track'less,    without    track    or 
road. 

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LESSON   XXIX. 
A   SEAPORT. 

1.  The  place  in  which  Uncle  William 
lived  was  only  a  small  village.  A  few 
miles  away  there  was  a  large  town,  which 
stood  on  the  banks  of  a  river.  Near  the 
town  the  river  flowed  into  the  sea. 

2.  Fred  and  Mary  were  taken  to  this 
seaport  town  by  rail.  The  river  divided 
the  town  into  two  parts ;  and  as  it  was 
too  wide  for  a  bridge,  steamboats  crossed 
from  side  to  side.  The  fare  for  each  per- 
son was  one  penny. 

3.  Our  friends  went  on  board  the 
steamer,  which  wTas  driven  forward  by 
large  wooden  wheels  called  paddles,  one 
at  each  side. 

4.  This  ferry-boat  was  large  enough  to 
carry  a  thousand  persons  across  the  river. 
Of  course  there  was  only  room  for  them 
to   sit,  or  walk   about,   sleeping-rooms   and 


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dining-rooms  not  being  needed  for  such  a 
short  journey. 

5.  The  river  was  a  busy  scene.  At 
the  place  where  they  crossed  it  was  a 
mile  wide,  and  it  was  full  of  vessels  of 
every  size. 

6.  There  were  large  steamers,  which 
could  carry  hundreds  of  persons,  and  all 
the  food  they  would  need  for  several 
weeks.  These  vessels  were  like  little 
towns,  with  rows  of  cabins,  like  streets, 
in  which  the  passengers  and  the  sailors 
lived  during  long  voyages. 

7.  Lying  (juietly  at  anchor,  they  saAv 
the  "Great  Eastern,"  the  largest  ship  in 
the  world.  This  giant  vessel  could  easily 
carry  four  or  five  of  the  large  ocean 
steamers  within  it. 

8.  Small  vessels  were  darting  about 
on  the  river  like  things  of  life,  some 
worked  by  steam,  and  others  blown  along 
by  the  wind. 


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9.  At  each  side  of  the  river,  for  miles, 
there  were  docks  full  of  vessels  of  every 
size,  which  had  gone  into  them  to  load 
or  to  unload. 

10.  So  busy  had  Fred  and  Mary  been 
in  looking  on  this  strange  and  lively 
scene,  that  the  steamer  seemed  hardly  to 
have  started  before  they  were  across  the 
river  and  landed  on  the  other  side. 


steam               crossed            clin'ing                wood'en 
blown               bridge              dart'ing               pad'dles 
wheels             live'ly             steam'er              ea'si  ly 

Cab 'ins,  small  rooms. 
Docks,  places  for  loading  or  un- 
loading ships. 
Driv'en,  forced ;  pushed. 
Fare,  payment. 

Fer'ry,  crossing-place. 
Pas'sen  gers,  travellers. 
Scene,  sight. 
Sea'port,  harbor. 

LESSOl 
RIVl 

<T    XXX. 
SRS. 

1.  The    small    stream    which    ran    past 
the   village    in   which    Fred    lived   was    so 


GLIMPSES   OF   THE   WORLD.  99 

narrow    that    lie    could     easily    throw    a 
stone  across  it. 

2.  His  uncle  told  him  that  the  river 
they  had  just  crossed  was  the  same 
stream,  only  much  larger.  It  seemed  a 
wonderful  thing,  and  so  Fred  asked  his 
uncle  how  the  change  had  been  brought 
about. 

3.  Sitting  down  on  a  piece  of  a  broken 
mast  within  sight  of  the  river,  Uncle  Wil- 
liam explained  how  rivers  are  formed. 

4.  "Many  miles  from  this  place,"  he 
said,  "  in  the  side  of  a  hill,  a  small 
stream  springs  forth  and  runs  down  into 
the  valley :  that  spring  is  the  beginning, 
or  the  source,  of  this  river." 

5.  "  But  where  does  the  water  come 
from  that  bursts  out  of  the  hill?"  asked 
Fred. 

6.  "Rain  falls  on  the  hill  and  sinks 
into  the  ground.  When  it  is  stopped  by 
a    rock,    it    collects    in    one    place     till    at 


100  THE   WORLD   AND    ITS    PEOPLE. 


last  there  is  not  room  to  contain  it,  and 
then  it  forces  its  way  out  of  the  hill- 
side, and  is  called  a  spring. 

7.  "When  it  reaches  the  valley  it  is 
joined  by  other  streams.  It  grows  larger 
and  larger,  and  deeper  and  deeper,  till  it 
becomes  a  giant  river  on  which  Great 
ships  sail.     At  last  it  enters  the  sea. 

8.  "  Men  build  towns  on  its  banks, 
and  place  boats  and  ships  on  its  waters, 
to  assist  them  in  carrying  on  the  trade 
of  the  country. 

9.  "The  small  streams  that  flow  into 
the  large  stream  are  called  its  feeders,  or 
tributaries. 

10.  "Where  a  river  begins  is  its  source; 
where  it  ends  is  its  mouth ;  and  the 
channel  in  which  it  runs  is  its  bed. 
When  the  water  of  a  river  falls  over  a 
ledge,  it  is  called  a  waterfall ;  as  the  Falls 
of  Niagara,  in  the  northern  part  of  the 
United  States. 


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11.  "A  river  lias  two  banks.  As  we 
sail  toward  its  mouth,  the  right  bank  is 
on  our  right,  and  the  left  bank  is  on  our 
left." 

12.  "Of  what  use  is  a  river?" 

"  A  river  drains  the  land  through 
which  it  flows,  supplies  people  who  live 
on  its  banks  with  water,  and  carries  our 
boats  and  our  ships  from  place  to  place. 
—  Perhaps  Mary  will  tell  us  the  names 
of  a  few  large  rivers?" 

13.  "The  largest  river  in  the  United 
States  is  the  Mississippi ;  in  North 
America,  the  St.  Lawrence ;  and  in  the 
world,  the  Amazon,"  said  Mary. 

14.  "What  do  you  know  about  the  Mis- 
sissippi?" 

"The  Mississippi  River,"  she  said,  "is 
the  chief  river  of  the  United  States.  It 
rises  in  the  extreme  northern  part,  and 
flows  into  the  Gulf  of  Mexico,  and  is 
sometimes  called  'The  Father  of  Waters.' 


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THE    WORLD   AND    ITS    PEOPLE. 


15.   "  New   Orleans,   a  large  commercial 
city,  is  built  on  its  left  bank.     Thousands 


THE     MISSISSIPPI    RIVER. 


of   ships  from   all   parts  of  the  world  are 
found  on  the  Mississippi." 

16.   "Well    done,    Mary!"    said    Uncle 
William.    "The  question  is  well  answered." 


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17.  It  was  late  that  evening  when  they 
returned  from  their  visit  to  the  seaport 
town  at  the  mouth  of  the  river,  and  both 
Fred  and  his  sister  were  glad  to  go  to  bed. 


giant  bro'ken  contain'  explained' 

as  sist'  valley  sup  plies'  Am'a  zon 

deep'er         col  lects'  ques'tion  be  gin'ning 


SUMMARY. 


A  river  is  a  large  stream  of 
water  running  over  the  land;  as 
the  Mississippi. 

The  parts  of  a  river  are,  the 
source,  where  the  river  begins  ; 
the  mouth,  or  estuary,  where  it 
runs  into  the  sea ;  the  bed,  the 
channel   in   which   it  runs ;    the 


banks,  the  sides ;  the  tributa- 
ries, or  feeders,  the  small  streams 
that  run  into  it. 

A  cataract,  cascade,  or 
waterfall  is  the  fall  of  a  stream 
over  a  ledge  of  rock  ;  as  the  Falls 
of  Niagara. 


LESSON    XXXI. 
RIVERS   AND   MOUNTAINS. 


1.  Next  morning  the  brother  and  sister 
were  as  busy  as  ever,  making  a  map  of  the 
United  States. 


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THE   WORLD    AND    ITS    PEOPLE. 


2.   "Now,"  said  Mary,  "I  want  you  to 
know  what  a  river  basin  and  a  water-shed 


are. 


3.   "  You   will    remember  that   a   river 
is    formed    by    many    streams    which    run 


RIVERS   AND    MOUNTAINS. 


together.     The   part  of  a  country  drained 
by  a  river  is  called  its  basin. 

4.  "  Here,  in  the  map  we  have  made, 
you  see  how  the  Missouri  River,  which 
flows  into  the  Mississippi,  —  with  its  trib- 
utaries, the  Yellowstone  and  the  Platte,  — 


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105 


carries  aAvay  a  great  part  of  the  water 
that  flows  from  the  eastern  slopes  of  the 
Rocky  Mountains. 

5.  "  You  will  best  understand  what  a 
water-shed  is  by  looking  at  the  roof  of  a 
house.  The  ridge  on 
the  top  of  it  is  really 
a  small  water-shed.  It 
divides  the  rain  that 
falls  on  it,  so  that 
part  of  the  rain  flows 
down  the  one  side  of 
the  roof  and  part  of 
it  flows  down  the  other  side. 

6.  "  Now,  a  water-shed,  or  a  water- 
parting,  is  the  high  land  between  two 
river  basins.  It  causes  part  of  the  water 
that  falls  on  it  to  flow  down  the  one  side, 
and  part  down  the  other.  The  chief  water- 
shed in  the  United  States  is  the  Rocky 
Mountains.  It  is  sometimes  called  the 
backbone  of  America. 


ROOF  OF   A   HOUSE. 


106 


THE    WORLD    AND    ITS    PEOPLE. 


7.  "Look  at  the  map,  and  tell  me  in 
what  direction  it  runs.'7 

"North  and  south,"  said  Fred. 

8.  "Look  again,  and  sa)r  in  what  direc- 
tion the  rivers  run  which  rise  in  it." 

"Most  of  them  seem  to  run  either 
east   or   west,"    said    Fred. 

9.  "Name  those  that  flow  east." 
"The  Missouri,   Arkansas,  and  Red." 

10.  "Which  flow  west?" 

"The  Columbia  and  the  Colorado." 

11.  "What  two  bodies  of  water  receive 
rivers  from  this  great  water-shed?" 

"The  Gulf  of  Mexico  receives  the 
rivers  that  flow  east,  and  the  Pacific 
Ocean  the  rivers  that  flow  west." 


ridge  re  mem'ber       Ar  kan'sas    Yellow  stone 

east'ern       un  der  stand'    Mis  sou'ri     Mis  sis  sip'pi 
north'em    Ne  bras'ka        Col  o  ra'do    Co  lum'bi  a 


Di  rec'tion,  way ;  course. 
Drained,  drawn  from. 
Op'po  site,  contrary. 


Riv'er,  a  large  stream  of  water. 

Slope,  side. 

Trib'u  ta  lies,  feeders. 


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LESSON   XXXII. 
THE   RIVER. 

1.  "0  tell  me,  pretty  river! 

Whence  do  thy  waters  flow? 
And  whither  art  thou  roaming, 
So  smoothly  and  so  slow?" 

2.  "  My  birthplace  was  the  mountain, 

My  nurse,  the  April  showers ; 
My  cradle  was  a  fountain, 

O'er-curtained  by  wild  flowers. 

3.  "  One  morn  I  ran  away, 

A  madcap,  noisy  rill ; 
And  many  a  prank  that  day 
I  played  adown  the  hill ! 

4.  "  And  then,  'mid  meadowy  banks, 

1  flirted  with  the  flowers, 
That  stooped,  with  glowing  lips, 
To  woo  me  to  their  bowers. 


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THE   WORLD   AND    ITS    PEOPLE. 


5.   "  But  these  bright  scenes  are  o'er, 
And  darkly  flows  my  wave ; 
I  hear  the  ocean's  roar,  — 

And  there  must  be  my  grave !  " 


stooped 
whence 


played 


noi  sy 


Birth'place,  source. 
Cra'dle,  spring. 
Flirt'ed,  played. 
Mad'cap,  wild. 
'Mid,  amid. 
Nurse,  feeder. 


foun'tain 
glowing 


bow'ers 

show'ers 


O'er-cur'tained,  grown  over. 
Prank,  trick ;  frolic. 
Roam'ing,  wandering. 
Wave,  stream  ;  current. 
Whith'er,  where. 
Woo,  win ;  draw. 


LESSON    XXXIII. 


LAKES. 


1.  The  day  before  that  on  which  Fred 
and  Mary  were  to  start  for  home,  Uncle 
William  took  them  for  a  long  drive  into 
the  country.  They  climbed  a  hill,  and 
there  before  them,  in  the  valley,  lay  a 
large  sheet  of  water. 


GLIMPSES   OF   THE   WORLD.  109 


2.  "  Oh,  how  pretty !  "  cried  Fred. 
"What  a  nice  little  sea!" 

"That  is  not  a  sea,"  said  his  uncle ; 
"it  is  a  lake.  It  is  water  surrounded 
by  land." 

3.  They  soon  reached  the  shore  of  the 
lake,  where  a  pretty  little  boat  was  fast- 
ened to  a  small  landing.  Hiring  the  boat, 
they  pushed  off  for  a  row  across  the  lake. 

4.  How  different  from  the  sail  they 
had  taken  on  the  restless  sea!  Here  the 
water  was  as  still  as  if  it  had  been  in  a 
pond.  It  was  so  clear  that  they  could 
see  the  bottom,  and  so  fresh  that  they 
could  drink  it. 

5.  "  How  are  lakes  formed  ?  "  asked 
Fred. 

"By  water  running  down  the  sides  of 
hills  and  mountains  and  collecting  in 
valleys." 

6.  "Which  is  the  largest  lake  in 
America,   Mary?"  asked  Uncle   William. 


110 


THE   WORLD   AND    ITS   PEOPLE. 


"  Lake  Superior,  which  is  partly  in 
the  United  States  and  partly  in  British 
America,  and  is  the  largest  fresh-water 
lake  in  the  world. 


7.  "  Lake  Superior  is  one  of  a  chain 
of  lakes  called  'The  Five  Great  Lakes,' 
which  are  like  fresh-water  seas,  and  whose 
waters  are  carried  to  the  ocean  by  the 
great  St.  Lawrence  River. 


GLIMPSES   OF  THE   WORLD. 


Ill 


8.  "  New  York,  New  Hampshire,  and 
'Vermont  contain  some  of  the  most  beauti- 
ful American  lakes,  among  which  are  Lake 
Winnipiseogee,  Lake  George,  Seneca  Lake, 
and  Lake  Memphremagog ;  but  one  of  the 
most  remarkable  lakes  of  the  United  States 


■^nuaBW-gg* 


LAKE    MEMPHREMAGOG,    FROM    DERBY,   VERMONT. 

is  Great  Salt  Lake  in  Utah,  which  is  nearly 
one  hundred  miles  long  and  has  no  out- 
let, and  whose  water  is  so  salt  that  a  per- 
son can  easily  float  on  its  surface. 

1).  "  Some  of  these  lakes  are  surrounded 
with  beautiful  woods  which  reach  down  to 
the  water's  edge." 


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THE   WORLD    AND    ITS    PEOPLE. 


10.  Having  rowed  across  the  lake,  they 
took  their  dinner  under  a  tree  on  the 
shore.  A  mountain  stream  that  ran  into 
the  lake  supplied  them  with  water  to 
drink. 

On  the  following  day  Fred  and  Mary 
returned  to  their  home. 


hiring 

bot'tom 

restless 


fast'enecl 
sup  plied' 
pret'ti  est 


Differ  ent  from,  unlike. 
Don't,  do  not. 
Fresh,  pure ;  not  salt. 
Hill,  high  land. 


follow  ing 
col  lectlng 
Sen'e  ca 


de  light'ed 
sur  roimd'ed 
Su  pell  or 


Moun'tains,     land     1500      feet 

high. 
Valleys,  hollows  between  hills 

and  mountains. 


LESSON    XXXIV. 

GOD   IS    LOVE. 


1.  The  blooming  flowers,  with  fragrant  lips, 
Whispered  the  words  to  me ; 
The  happy  bird,  with  gladsome  voice, 
Warbled  them  from  the  tree. 


GLIMPSES   OF   THE   WORLD. 


113 


2.  The  river,  as  it  onward  went 

Its  quiet  winding  way, 
Sana;  with  a  smile  of  sweet  content 
That  message  day  by  day. 

3.  On  mountains  high,  in  valleys  low, 

The  same  small  voice  I  heard ; 
And  by  the  sea  the  waves  to  me 
Spoke  out  the  wondrous  word. 

4.  Upon  the  silent  night  I  looked, 

And  on  the  heavens  above ; 
In  golden  letters,  clear  and  bright, 
The  stars  in  words  of   shining  light 

Kepeated  —  "  God  is  love  !  " 


gold'en 
let'ters 


con  tent' 
on'ward 


mes  sage 
heav'ens 


bloom' ing 
won'drous 


Fra'grant,  sweet-smelling. 
Glad'some,  cheerful. 
Re  peat'ed,  said  over. 


War'bled,  sang. 

Whis'pered,  said  in  a  low  tone. 

Wind'ing,  in  and  out. 


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THE   WORLD   AND    ITS    PEOPLE. 


N  O  RTH 


SOUTH 


WESTERN    PORTION   OF   THE    UNITED    STATES. 


GLIMPSES   OF   THE   WORLD. 


115 


NORTH' 


«^SH 


EASTERN    PORTION    OF  THE    UNITED   STATES. 


116  THE   WORLD   AND    ITS    PEOPLE. 


LESSON    XXXV. 
A   MAP   OF   THE   UNITED   STATES. 

1.  When  Mary  and  Fred  had  been  a 
few  days  at  home,  Mary  drew  a  map  of 
the  eastern  and  western  portions  of  the 
United  States,  and  marked  on  it  the 
names  of  parts  of  the  land  and  parts  of 
the  sea. 

2.  "  Here  is  a  part  of  the  continent  of 
America,"  she  said,  as  she  pointed  to  the 
map  before  her. 

3.  "I  will  mark  the  Atlantic  Ocean 
here,"  she  continued,  pointing  to  the 
eastern  part  of  the  map,  "  and  the  Pacific 
Ocean  here,"  pointing  to  the  western  part. 
"  All  the  gulfs  and  bays  shown  on  the 
map  are  parts  of  the  oceans ;  but  as  they 
are  near  the  land,  each  has  a  name  of 
its  own. 

4.  "  As  this  is  a  map  of  a  part  of 
the  United  States,  the    eastern  and  west- 


GLIMPSES   OF  THE   WORLD.  117 


em  portions  of  that  country  are  shown, 
and  also  parts  of  Mexico  and  British 
America. 

5.  "By  showing  the  land  and  the 
water  around  a  country  we  learn  its  exact 
position.  We  also  learn  where  we  should 
go  if  we  were  to  travel  out  of  it." 

6.  "  What  is  this  word  that  you  have 
marked  on  the  right-hand  side  of  the 
map? "  asked  Fred. 

"  We  don't  say  right-hand  side  and 
left-hand  side  when  we  speak  of  the 
positions  of  places  on  maps,"  said  Mary. 
"Try  again." 

7.  Fred  thought  for  a  moment.  "  I 
know,"  he  said ;  "  you  have  printed  it  on 
the  sides  and  on  the  top  and  the  bottom. 
We  say  east,  Avest,  north,  south." 

8.  "  Remember  that,  Fred,  and  you 
will  rind  no  difficulty  in  using  the  words. 
Now,  what  was  your  question?  —  'What  is 
this  you  have  marked  here  on  the  east?' 


118  THE   WORLD   AND    ITS   PEOPLE. 


9.  "That  is  a  State;  the  State  of 
Maine." 

"  But  is  there  only  one  State  in  our 
country?  " 

10.  "One  State,  Fred?  What  a  ques- 
tion!    Our  country  is  all  States." 

Fred  did  not  understand  how  that 
could  be ;  so  Mary  proceeded  to  explain 
her  meaning. 

11.  "The  garden  is  laid  out  in  beds," 
she  said.  "  There  is  the  strawberry  bed, 
and  the  parsnip  bed,  and  the  onion  bed, 
and  so  on.  Just  in  the  same  way  our 
country  is  divided  into  States,  and  every 
State  has  its  own  name.  The  six  Eastern 
States  are  called  Maine,  New  Hampshire, 
Vermont,  Massachusetts,  Rhode  Island,  and 
Connecticut." 

12.  "How  many  are  there  altogether?" 
asked  Fred. 

"There  are  forty-two  States  and  seven 
Territories." 


GLIMPSES   OF   THE   WORLD. 


119 


13.  "Are  they  all  of  the  same  size?" 
"Oh,  no;  they  are  of  various  sizes.  One 
of  the  largest  States  is  California,  and 
one    of   the    smallest   is   Rhode   Island." 


po  si'tion 
Ver  mont' 
be  longing 
con  tin'ued 


straw'ber  ry 
dif'fi  cul  ty 
Pa  cif'ic 
Con  nect'i  cut 


Rhode  Isl'and 
New  Hamp'shire 
Mas  sa  chu'setts 
U  nit'ecl  States 


Con'ti  nent,  largest  division  of 
Don't,  do  not.  [land. 

Ex  plain',  make  plain. 


Pro  ceed'ed,  went  on. 
State,  division  of  a  country. 
Va'ri  ous,  different. 


LESSON    XXXVI. 
TOWNS. 

1.  "I  have  marked  three  towns  on  the 
map.     Can  you  rind  them?"  said  Mary. 

2.  Fred  looked  all  over  the  map,  and 
then  shook  Ids  head.  "  I  can  find  only 
one  town,  called  Boston.  It  is  shown  by 
a  dot." 


120  THE   WORLD   AND    ITS    PEOPLE. 


3.  "The  names  of  the  other  two  are 
New  York  and  San  Francisco,"  said  Mary. 
"Now  yon  will  be  able  to  find  them." 

4.  "New  York, — here  it  is,"  said 
Fred;  "but  is  it  not  sometimes  called  a 
city  ?  And  here  is  San  Francisco ;  is  it 
not  often  called  a  sea-port?" 

5.  "  Yes ;  those  are  the  names  by 
which  some  towns  are  known.  New  York 
is  called  a  city,  because  it  has  so  many 
buildings  and  people,  and  is  governed  by 
a  mayor. 

6.  "  San  Francisco,  as  yon  know,  is  a 
town  on  a  bay  near  the  sea.  And  as  it 
is  a  port  for  ships  it  is  called  a  sea-port. 
San  Francisco  is  also  a  city,  and  New 
York  is  also  a  sea-port;  so  that  both 
New  York  and  San  Francisco  may  be 
called  cities  and  sea-ports." 

7.  "But  what  is  a  city?"  asked  Fred. 
"  Just  a  great  many  houses  and  stores 

built  together,"  said  Mary. 


GLIMPSES   OF  THE   WORLD.  121 


8.  "Do  we  live  in  a  city?" 

"No;  we  live  in  a  place  where  there 
are  not  many  houses,  and  therefore  it  is 
called  a  village." 

9.  "Which  is  the  largest  city  in  the 
United  States?" 

"  New  York.  I  cannot  make  you  under- 
stand how  large  it  is,  and  what  a  great 
number  of  people  live  in  it.  Our  village 
has  but  one  street,  about  half  a  mile  in 
length ;  but  New  York  has  hundreds  and 
hundreds  of  miles  of  streets.  It  is  the 
largest  city  in  America." 

10.  "Why  do  so  many  people  go  to 
live  in  one  city,  instead  of  spreading  over 
all  the  country?"  asked  Fred. 

11.  "Why  did  we  come  to  live  in  this 
place?"  asked  Mary. 

"Because  father  took  the  farm,  and 
had  to  come  to  look  after  it." 

12.  "Why  does  Uncle  William  live  near 
the  sea?  " 


122 


THE   WORLD   AND    ITS    PEOPLE. 


"Because  he  was  ill  when  he  lived 
away  from  it." 

13.  "Why  did  Mr.  Smith,  who  used  to 
live  in  the  country,  remove  to  the  city?" 
"  Because  he  had  no  work  here,  and 
there  was  plenty  there." 

1-i.  "Well,  you  see  people  cannot  live 
where  they  like.  They  must  go  where 
there  is  work  to  be  had,  or  where  they 
have  the  best  health. 

15.  "  In  the  cities  there  are  many  work- 
shops and  factories,  where  all  kinds  of 
things  are  made ;  and  large  numbers  of 
people  are  drawn  together  to  work  in 
them." 


stores 
health 


looked 
re  move' 


writ'ten 
in  stead' 


spreading 
fac'to  ries 


Bos 'ton,  the  capital  of  Massa- 
chusetts. 

Can't,  cannot. 

Fac'to  ries,  buildings  in  which 
goods  are  made. 

Sea'-port,  a  harbor  for  ships. 


New  York,  the  largest  city  in 
America. 

San  Fran  cis'co,  a  great  sea- 
port in  California. 

Cit'y,  many  houses  and  stores 
built  together. 


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LESSON    XXXVII. 

FROM   EAST   TO    WEST. 

1.  "  Starting  from  the  eastern  part  oi 
the  United  States,  tell  me  what  names 
you  see  on  the  map  inside  the  coast- 
line." 

"First  the  Appalachian  Mountains." 
"Yes;     they    extend     many    hundred 
miles     in     a     northeasterly    and     south- 
westerly direction." 

2.  "  West  of  these  mountains  lies  the 
Great  Plain." 

"Do  you  remember  what  a  plain  is?" 
"Yes;    it    is   a   large    piece    of   level 
country." 

3.  "Across  this  plain  flows  the  great 
Mississippi  River,  which  is  the  largest 
river  in  the  United  States,  and  the  long- 
est in  the  world." 

4.  "What  a  long  name  for  a  river!" 
said  Fred. 


124  THE   WORLD   AND    ITS    PEOPLE. 


"Yes,"  said  Mary;  "it  is  an  Indian 
name,  and  means  'Father  of  Waters.' 

5.  "  Passing  west  across  this  plain,  we 
come  to  the  Kocky  Mountains,  which  ex- 
tend from  north  to  south,  the  entire  length 
of  North  America,  and  are  sometimes 
called  the  '  backbone  '  of  the  continent. 

6.  "  Some  of  these  mountain  peaks 
are  nearly  fifteen  thousand  feet  high,  and 
are  covered  with  snow  during;  the  whole 
year.  Here,  too,  is  some  of  the  grandest 
scenery  in  the  world. 

7.  "  Continuing  farther  westward,  wTe 
cross  an  elevated  tract  or  plateau,  broken 
by  mountains  and  hills,  when  we  come  to 
the  great  mountain  chain  called  the  Sierra 
Nevada." 

8.  "But  why  is  it  called  Sierra 
Nevada?"  asked  Fred. 

"  Because  the  Spaniards,  who  settled 
parts  of  this  country,  thought  the  moun- 
tain  peaks   looked   like   the    teeth    of    a 


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saw,  which  in  their  language  is  called 
sierra,  and  Nevada  means  white  ivith 
snow. 

9.  "These  mountains  are  very  high, 
and  in  them  are  rich  stores  of  gold  and 
silver,  which  thousands  of  persons  are 
always  busy  in  digging  out,  down  in  the 
dark  mines." 

10.  "I  noticed,"  said  Fred,  "before  we 
reached  the  Rocky  Mountains  the  rivers 
ran  toward  the  east,  but  after  we  passed 
the  summit  they  all  ran  towards  the  west. 
Why  is  that?" 

11.  "Because,"  said  Mary,  "this  range 
of  mountains  is  the  chief  divide  or  water- 
shed of  the  continent.  You  will  remem- 
ber that  we  learned  in  a  former  lesson 
that  a  water-shed  is  like  the  roof  of  a 
house,  causing  water  to  flow  in  opposite 
directions. 

12.  "  Beyond  the  Sierra  Nevada  Moun- 
tains lies  the  great  Pacific    Ocean,  which 


126  THE   WORLD   AND    ITS    PEOPLE. 


forms  the  western  boundary  of  our  coun- 
try. Our  eastern  boundary  is  the  Atlantic 
Ocean,  and  these  two  are  more  than  three 
thousand  miles  apart." 


lev'el  Si  er'ra         com  plete'      south'ward 

during       Ne  va'da       di  vides'  Ap  pa  la'clii  an 


LESSON    XXXVIII. 

COAST   FEATURES. 

1.  "We  will  now  read  the  names 
round  the  coast,"  said  Mary,  "beginning 
at  the  northeast  corner  of  the  map. 

2.  "  First  there  is  a  peninsula  which 
extends  into  the  Atlantic  Ocean  like  a 
bent  arm  and  is  called  Cape  Cod. 

3.  "  Following  along  the  coast  we  come 
to  a  long,  narrow  island,  called  Long 
Island  on  account  of  its  shape  ;  and  be- 
tween this  island    and  the  mainland  is  a 


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branch   of   the  ocean   called   Long   Island 
Sound. 

4.  "What   is  a  sound?"  asked   Mary. 

"  A  sound  is  a  passage  of  water  so  shal- 
low that  its  depth  may  be  easily  sounded 
or  measured,"  said  Fred. 

5.  "  Long  Island  Sound,  though  not 
very  large  in  size,  is  situated  near  New 
York  City,  and  many  sailing  vessels  and 
steamers  are  constantly  passing  over  its 
calm  waters.  There  are  no  more  beau- 
tiful steamboats  in  America  than  are 
found   here. 

"  Still  farther  south  lie  the  Delaware 
and  Chesapeake  bays,  the  latter  being 
much  the  larger,  and  into  it  flow  several 
important  rivers. 

6.  "Should  you  be  sailing  along  the 
coast  you  might  know  when  you  were 
opposite  the  next  cape  by  the  rough 
weather  you  would  encounter  in  your 
voyage.      This    is    Cape    Hatteras,   where 


128  THE   WORLD    AND    ITS    PEOPLE. 


very  violent  storms  occur   and  many  ves- 
sels are  lost  every  year. 

7.  "The  southeastern  part  of  our  coun- 
try is  the  long,  low  peninsula  of  Florida, 
which  shuts  in  a  part  of  the  ocean  called 
the  Gulf  of  Mexico.  The  southern  point 
of  the  peninsula  is  called  Cape  Sable, 
south  of  which  is  the  Strait  of  Florida, 
by  which  vessels  from  the  Atlantic  Ocean 
reach  the  Gulf. 

8.  "  We  have  now  come  to  the  great 
Gulf  of  Mexico,  which  forms  the  southern 
boundary  of  a  large  portion  of  our  coun- 
try, and  into  which  flows  the  great  Mis- 
sissippi River. 

9.  "  Our  western  coast,  bordering  on 
the  Pacific  Ocean,  is  much  more  regular 
than  our  eastern.  The  only  important 
bay  is  San  Francisco  Bay,  and  capes 
Mendocino  and  Flattery  are  the  two  most 
prominent  capes. 

10.   "  Now  we   have  gone    over  all   the 


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names  on  the  map,"  said  Mary.  "But 
you  must  not  think  that  you  know  all 
about  the  United  States.  The  few  names 
given  here  are  but  examples  of  the  dif- 
ferent parts  of  land  and  water,  and  in- 
deed this  is  not  a  complete  map  of  our 
country,  but  is  only  intended  to  show  the 
east  and  west  coasts,  a  few  of  the  States, 
and  some  of  our  many  mountains  and 
rivers. 

11.  "A  description  of  the  United  States 
would  fill  a  book  many  times  the  size  of 
this,  and  even  then  many  things  would 
have  to  be  left  out. 

12.  "  In  various  parts  of  the  country 
there  are  mountains  and  hills  from  which 
rivers  run  down  to  the  sea ;  and  there 
are  plains  and  valleys,  and  lakes,  and 
forests,  the  names  of  which  you  could  not 
remember. 

13.  "Then  you  have  much  to  learn 
about   the    hundreds  of   cities   and   towns 


130  THE  WORLD   AND    ITS    PEOPLE. 


that  are  scattered  throughout  the  country. 
But  as  this  will  be  taught  you  in  your 
next  book,  let  us  take  a  peep  at  some 
other  parts  of  the  world  we  live  in." 


strait  chan'riel        sound  Flat'ter  y 

ha'ven         nar'row         Del'a  ware        Men  do  ci'no 
har'bor        va'ri  ous        Hat' ter  as         Ches'a  peake 


Cape,  land  jutting  into  the  sea. 
Coast,  land  near  the  sea. 
De  scrip'tion,  account  of. 


Ex  am'ples,  some  of  each  kind. 
Sound,  shallow  passage  of  water. 
Val'leys,  hollows  between  hills. 


LESSON    XXXIX. 
GATHERING   NUTS. 

1.  They  are  neither  birds  nor  squirrels : 
They  are  only  boys  and  girls, 

After  nuts. 

2.  But  they  laugh  and  talk  and  chatter, 
With  such  gay  and  merry  clatter, 

As  they  search, 


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3.  That,  instead  of  only  seven, 

You  might  think  there  were  eleven, 
Or  even  more, 

4.  As,  with  merry  laugh  and  shout, 
They  see  the  brown  nuts  dance  about 

On  the  grass, 

5.  When  the  boys,  with  shake  and  blow, 
Send  them  down  for  those  below 

To  gather  up. 

6.  So  they  work  like  busy  squirrels, — 
Seven  little  boys  and  girls, — 

Gathering  nuts. 


dance  nei'ther  in  stead'  e  lev'en 

bus'y  mer'ry  cliat'ter  squir'rels 


LESSON    XL. 
SOUTH   AMERICA. 

1.   "  Here    is   a    map    of    the    world," 
said  Mary;   "  the  land  is  darker  than  the 


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water.  What  are  the  names  on  the 
land?" 

"  They  are  the  names  of  the  six  conti- 
nents,—  North  America,  South  America, 
Europe,  Asia,  Africa,  and  Australia." 

2.  "  When  we  were  at  Uncle  William's 
you  heard   something  about   North  Amer- 


MAP   OF  THE   WORLD. 


ica,  so  we  will  pass  over  it  now  and  talk 
about  South  America,"  said  Mary. 

3.  "  South  America  is  a  large,  long 
peninsula  joined  to  North  America  by 
the  narrow  isthmus  of  Panama,  and  lies 
between  the  Atlantic  Ocean  on  the  east 
and  the  Pacific  on  the  west. 


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4.  "This  is  a  continent  of  mighty 
rivers  and  vast  forests,  containing  the 
longest  range  of  mountains  and  the  larg- 
est river  in  the  world. 

5.  "  The  mountains  are  called  the 
Andes,  in  which  there  are  more  than 
fifty  volcanoes,  or  burning  mountains. 
Cotopaxi,  one  of  these,  is  one  of  the  most 
famous  volcanoes  in  the  world.  Some- 
times its  flames  rise  more  than  a  thou- 
sand feet  above  its  snow-clad  peak. 

6.  "The  Amazon,  the  greatest  of 
rivers,  is  more  than  four  thousand  miles 
in  length.  Its  banks  are  covered  with 
vast  forests,  which  furnish  many  valuable 
woods. 

7.  "Here  in  these  forests  are  found  the 
fierce  jaguar,  the  puma,  and  the  sloth, 
with  troops  of  monkeys  and  flocks  of 
beautiful  birds. 

8.  "  In  the  northern  and  southern 
parts   of    South    America   are   vast   plains 


134  THE    WORLD   AND    ITS    PEOPLE. 


over  which    roam   large  numbers  of  wild 
cattle  and  horses. 

9.  "  The  natives  pursue  them  on  horse- 
back, and  catch  them  with  a  long  rope 
firmly  fastened  to  the  saddle.  This  rope 
is  called  a  lasso. 

10.  "  Half  of  all  the  coffee  used  in  the 
world  is  raised  in  South  America.  Here 
also  is  found  the  wonderful  India-rubber 
tree,  from  the  sap  of  which  so  many 
useful  articles  are  made. 

11.  "  Some  of  the  most  unpleasant 
medicines  which  physicians  give  us  when 
we  are  sick  are  obtained  from  plants 
found  on  this  continent.  The  bitter 
quinine  is  made  from  the  bark  of  the 
cinchona  tree,  which  grows  abundantly 
here. 

12.  "Rich  mines  of  gold  and  silver  are 
found  among  the  mountains,  and  dia- 
monds and  other  precious  stones  are 
washed  from  the  sand  in  the  river  beds." 


GLIMPSES   OF   THE   WORLD. 


135 


sloth  An'des 

las  so'  jag  u  ar' 

mines  pre'cious 

pu'ma  qm'nine 


di'a  monds 
cin  clio  na 
an'i  mals 
Pan  a  ma' 


Co  to  pax'i 
Am'a  zon 
med'i  cines 
phy  si'cians 


Na'tives,  persons  born  there. 
Vol  ca'noes,  burning  mountains. 


Pen  in'su  la,   land    almost    sur- 
rounded by  water. 
Isth'mus,  narrow  neck  of  land. 


LESSON    XL  I. 
EUROPE. 

1.  Several  days  passed  before  Mary 
could  spare  time  to  finish  her  talks  with 
her  brother  about  the  continents. 

2.  At  last  she  called  him  to  her  side, 
and  pointing  to  the  map  of  the  Eastern 
Hemisphere,  said,  "This  is  the  Old  World. 
It  is  so  called  because  it  was  known  and 
inhabited  many  hundred  years  before 
Columbus  discovered  America  in  the  year 
1492. 

3.  "We  will  first  talk  about  the  con- 
tinent   of    Europe.      It    is    next    to    the 


136  THE   WORLD   AND    ITS    PEOPLE. 


smallest  in  size,  but  the  greatest  of  all  in 
importance,  for  it  contains  many  civilized 
and  powerful  nations. 

4.  "You  will  notice,"  said  Mary,  "that 
it  is  very  irregular  in  shape,  and,  except 
where  it  joins  Asia,  is  entirely  sur- 
rounded by  the  sea. 

5.  "While  Europe  has  no  such  lofty 
mountains  or  large  rivers  as  either  North 
or  South  America,  yet  the  Alps  are  noted 
for  their  beautiful  mountain  scenery,  and 
the  river  Rhine  is  celebrated  for  the  bat- 
tles which  have  been  fought  near  it  and 
the  old  castles  on  its  banks. 

6.  "Almost  all  the  northern  part  of 
the  continent  is  a  level  plain,  and  in 
some  parts  near  the  coast  it  is  so  low 
that  large  banks  of  earth  called  dikes 
have  been  built  to  keep  out  the  sea. 

7.  "  Europe  has  not  many  large  and 
fierce  animals,  though  wild  boars,  bears, 
and  deer  still  live  among  the  mountains, 


GLIMPSES   OF  THE   WORLD.  137 

and  in  the  forests  of  Russia  are  packs  of 
howling  wolves  which  often  attack  trav- 
ellers. 

8.  "  In  the  northern  part  of  Europe 
lives  the  Laplander,  who  obtains  almost 
his  whole  living  from  the  reindeer.  He 
feeds  upon  its  milk  and  flesh,  makes  his 
clothing  and  tent  of  its  skin,  and  trains 
it  to  draw  his  sledge  in  the  long  winter. 

9.  "  One  of  the  most  important  coun- 
tries of  Europe  is  the  island  kingdom 
called  Great  Britain.  Here  it  is,"  said 
Mary,  "  a  mere  speck  on  the  map,  yet  one 
of  the  wealthiest  and  most  powerful  na- 
tions of  the  world. 

10.  "  Over  this  country  rules  the  good 
Queen  Victoria,  whose  people,  the  Eng- 
lish, came  from  the  same  race  and 
speak  the  same  language  as  we,  and  for 
that  reason  we  often  call  them  our  'Eng- 
lish cousins.' 

11.  "  All    the    countries    of  Europe    are 


138 


THE   WORLD   AND    ITS    PEOPLE. 


interesting,  and  I  hope  you  will  some 
day  learn  much  about  them.  Many  of 
our  countrymen  go  there  every  year  to 
see  the  beautiful  cities,  costly  buildings, 
line   pictures,   and    other  works   of   man." 


pack 

wolves 

howl'ing 

wealth!  est 

mere 

ex  cept' 

reiii'deer 

cel'e  brat  ed 

Alps 

at  tack' 

scen'er  y 

in  hab'it  ed 

Rhine 

cas'tles 

Vic  to'ri  a 

Lap'land  er 

Hera'i  sphere,  half   a   globe   or 
Dikes,  banks  of  earth,    [sphere. 
King'dom,  country  governed  by 
a  king  or  queen. 


Sledge,  a  kind  of  sled. 
Tent,  shelter. 

Coun'try  men,    people    of     the 
same  country. 


LESSON    XLII. 
THE   MILL,   THE   RILL,   AND    THE   BEE. 

1.  Tell  me  what  the  mill  doth  say  — 
"Glitter,  clatter,"  night  and  day; 
When  we  sleep  and  when  we  wake, 
"Glitter,  clatter,''  it  doth  make; 
Never  idle,  never  still, 
What  a  worker  is  the  mill ! 


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2.  Hearken  what  the  rill  doth  say, 
As  it  journeys  every  day ; 
Sweet  as  sky-lark  on  the  wing, 
"Ripple,  dipple,"  it  doth  sing; 
Never  idle,  never  still, 

What  a  worker  is  the  rill ! 

3.  Listen  to  the  honey-bee, 
As  it  dances  merrily 

To  the  little  fairy's  drum  — 
Humming,  drumming,  drumming,  drum ; 
Never  idle,  never  still, 
Humming,  drumming,  hum  it  will. 

4.  Like  the  mill,  the  rill,  the  bee, 
I  would  never  idle  be. 

If  I  work,  then,  with  a  will, 
It  will  be  but  playing  still; 
Ever  merry,  never  weary, 
It  will   be  but  playing  still. 


clat'ter      drum'ming     jonr'neys     mer'ry     a  sleep' 
dan'ces      heark'en         Hs'ten  nev'er     wea'ry 

dip'ple       hum'ming      mer'ri  ly     rip'ple     work'er 


140  THE  WORLD  AND   ITS   PEOPLE. 

LESSON    XLIII. 

ASIA. 

1.  The  next  morning  Mary  pointed  to 
the  map  and  said,  "  Here  is  Asia,  lying 
east  of  Europe." 

2.  "  On  the  north  is  the  Arctic  Ocean, 
on  the  east  is  the  Pacific  Ocean,  and  on 
the  south  the  Indian  Ocean,"  said  Fred. 

3.  "Now  look  again  at  Asia,"  said 
his  sister,  "and  even  this  little  map  will 
show  you  that  it  is  the  largest  of  the 
great  continents.  It  contains  one-third 
of  all  the  land  of  the  Earth,  and  it  is 
the  home  of  one-half  of  all  the  people  in 
the  world." 

4.  "Is  not  the  highest  mountain  in 
the  world  in  Asia?"  asked  Fred. 

"Yes;  Mount  Everest,  a  peak  of  the 
Himalayas.  And  there,  too,  flowing  out 
of  these  mighty  mountains,  is  the  Ganges, 
the     sacred     river     of     India.       Heathen 


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mothers  sometimes  throw  their  children 
into  this  river,  hoping  in  this  way  to 
please  their  gods. 

5.  "  From  Asia  we  receive  a  great 
many  useful  things  which  do  not  grow 
in  our  own  country.  Among  these  are 
tea,  coffee,  and  pepper. 

6.  "  Asia  contains  many  wild  animals, 
some  of  which  are  very  large  and  very 
tierce.  Among  these  are  lions  and  tigers, 
hyenas  and  elephants.  The  tiger  is  found 
only  in  Asia.  Camels  and  elephants  are 
tamed  and  used  as  beasts  of  burden,  just 
as  we  use  horses. 

7.  "The  two  chief  countries  of  Asia  are 
China  and  India.  China  is  a  remarkable 
country.  It  contains  more  people  than 
all   the   countries  of  Europe  put  together. 

8.  "  China  is  such  a  crowded  country 
that  every  bit  of  land  is  cultivated  to 
make  it  produce  plenty  of  food.  The 
two  chief  productions  are  rice  and  tea. 


142  THE   WORLD   AND    ITS    PEOPLE. 


9.  "India  belongs  to  Great  Britain. 
The  Queen  of  England  is  also  called  the 
Empress  of  India,  The  people  are  of  a 
brownish  color,  though  like  ourselves  they 
belong  to  the  white  race." 


coffee  Gan'ges        el'e  pliant        Ev'er  est 

pep'per  ti'ger  cul'ti  vate        Em'press 

hea'then        hy  e'na         brown'ish        Him  a  lay 'as 


Beasts  of  bur'den,  animals  used  |  Hea'then,  idol-worshipping. 


for  riding  and  driving. 
Cul'ti  vat  ed,  worked,  planted. 


Peak,  highest  point. 
Sa'cred,  holy. 


LESSON    XLIV. 
AFRICA. 

1.  "Now,  let  ns  look  at  Africa,"  said 
Mary.  "Here  it  is,  at  the  south  of 
Europe.  It  is  next  in  size  to  Asia,  but 
we  do  not  know  so  much  about  it.  Be- 
cause of  this,  it  has  been  called  the  '  Dark 
Continent.' 

2.  "  In     Africa     there     is     a     famous 


GLIMPSES   OF   THE   WORLD. 


14- 


country  containing  a  very  famous  river. 
The  country  is  Egypt,  about  which  we 
read  in  the  Bible. 

3.  "  Through  Egypt  flows  the  river 
Nile.  Without  this  river,  Egypt  would 
be  a  desert.  The 
country  is  made 
fertile  by  the 
Nile  overflow- 
ing its  banks 
every  year.  The 
crocodile,  the 
largest  of  all  rep- 
tiles, abounds 
in  this  river. 

4.  "You  will  remember  uncle's  story 
about  '  Crossing  the  Desert.'  Africa  con- 
tains the  largest  desert  in  the  world.  It 
covers  an  extent  of  country  nearly  as 
large  as  the  whole  of   Europe. 

5.   "This  desolate    and    dreary   region, 
where  rain  never  falls,  and  no  grass  ever 


MAP    SHOWING   AFRICA 


144 


THE   WORLD   AND    ITS   PEOPLE. 


grows,  is  called 
Sahara  or  the 
Great   Desert. 

6.  "Africa 
contains  more 
wild  animals 
than  any  of  the 
other  conti- 
nents. Here  the 
lion  and  the  ele- 
phant grow  to 
their  largest 
size. 

7.  "Ante- 
lopes, in  herds 
that  nu  in  b  e  r 
tens  of  thou- 
sands, roam  over  the  plains ;  and  mon- 
keys of  every  size  are  found  in  the 
forests. 

8.   "The  giraffe,  the  tallest  of  all  ani- 
mals; the  ostrich,  the  largest  of  all  birds; 


THE   GIRAFFE. 


GLIMPSES   OF  THE   WORLD.  145 


and   the  prettily  striped  zebra,  are  found 
only  in  Africa. 

9.  "  Africa  is  the  country  of  the  negro 
race.  Tribes  of  savages  abound  in  the 
interior,  and  they  are  constantly  at  war 
with  one  another. 

10.  "  During  the  past  few  years  several 
travellers  have  pushed  their  way  into 
the  heart  of  Africa,  where  they  have 
found  great  rivers  and  lakes. 

11.  "Dr.  Livingstone,  the  greatest 
traveller  of  our  day,  spent  the  greater 
part  of  his  life  in  the  wilds  of  Africa. 
He  died  there  a  few  years  ago. 

12.  "  Here  is  a  picture  of  a  village  in 
Africa,"  said  Mary,  showing  Fred  a  large 
sheet. 

13.  "The  houses,  you  see,  are  not  like 
ours.  How  easy  it  would  be  to  draw  a 
plan  of  one  of  them!  A  circle  would  be 
all  that  we  should  need,  for  they  are 
simply  round    huts. 


146 


THE   WORLD   AND    ITS   PEOPLE. 


14.  "  Such  dwellings  as  these  would 
be  of  no  use  in  our  land,  where  in  win- 
ter we  have  to  be  sheltered  from  cold 
winds  and  from  frost  and  snow. 


AFRICAN    DWELLINGS. 


15.  "  They  do  very  well  in  Africa,  where 
the  only  shelter  needed  is  from  the  heat 
of  the  sun  and  from  wild  beasts. 

16.  "  Negroes  do  not  wear  much  cloth- 
ing.  Some  of  them  have  only  a  strip  of 
cloth  around  the  waist.  They  are  fond 
of  bright  colors,  and  they  wear  the  gay- 


GLIMPSES    OF   THE   WORLD. 


147 


TRAVELLING    IN   AFRICA. 


est  tilings  tliey  can  get.  Strings  of  beads 
may  be  seen  around  the  necks  of  a  great 
many  of  them. 

17.  "  The  negroes  do  not  live  in  vil- 
lages and  towns  and  work  for  their 
bread  as  we  do.  They  like  better  to 
spend  their  time  in  hunting  and  fighting. 

18.  "  Travellers    who    have    seen    black 


148  THE   WORLD    AND    ITS    PEOPLE. 


men  in  their  own  land  tell  us  that  the 
negro  does  not  like  to  work,  and  that 
he  would  rather  lie  on  the  ground  and 
bask  in  the  sun. 

19.  "  Negroes  carry  their  burdens  on 
their  heads.  Here  is  a  picture  of  some 
negroes  carrying  the  goods  of  a  white 
traveller  who  is  exploring  their  country." 


Bi'ble  E'gypt  rep'tiles  croc'o  dile 

ze'bra  os'trich  Sa  ha 'ra  an'te  lopes 

strip'ed  gi  raffe'  sav'a  ges  constant  ly 


Des'ert,  sandy  plain.  I  In  te'ri  or,  parts  away  from  the 

Des'o  late,  waste.  Re'gion,  tract  of  land.  [sea. 

Fer'tile,  fruitful.  I  Roam,  wander. 


LESSON    XLV. 

THE   FAIRY   ARTIST. 

[In  this  poem  we  have  a  pretty  description  of  the  various  figures 
seen  on  window  panes  after  a  frosty  night.  These  figures  are 
caused  by  the  moisture  or  damp  in  the  air  settling  on  the  glass, 
where  it  becomes  frozen  and  frosted  over.] 

1,   Oh,  there  is  a  little  artist 

Who  paints  in  the  cold  night  hours 


GLIMPSES   OF   THE   WORLD. 


149 


Pictures  for  little  children, 

Of  wondrous  trees  and  flowers ; 

2.  Pictures  of  snow-white  mountains 

Touching  the  snow-white  sky ; 
Pictures  of  distant  oceans 
Where  pretty  ships  sail  by ; 

3.  Pictures  of  rushing  rivers 

By  fairy  bridges  spanned ; 
Bits  of  beautiful  landscape 
Copied  from  elfin-land. 

4.  The  moon  is  the  lamp  he  paints  by  ; 

His  canvas  the  window  pane ; 
His  brush  is  a  frozen  snow-flake  : 
Jack  Frost  the  artist's  name. 


cross 
paints 


fairy 
can'vas 


Art'ist,  painter. 
Can'vas,  cloth. 
El'fin,  fairy. 
Pane,  a  plate  of  glass. 


dis'tant 
bridg'es 


fro'zen 
won't!  rou  s 


Jack    Frost,   a   name   given    to 

frost. 
Land'scape,  country  scene. 
Spanned,  crossed. 


150 


THE   WORLD   AND    ITS    PEOPLE. 


LESSON    XLVI. 
AUSTRALIA. 

1.  "  On  Monday  morning  school  opens 
once    more,"    said    Mary    at    the    end    of 

their   last   holi- 
day week. 

"Are      you 
sorry?  " 

2.  "Not  at 
all,"  said  Fred, 
"We  have  had 
a  very  good  va- 
cation, and  I 
am  not  a  bit 
afraid  of  going  back  to  school  and  my 
lessons." 

3.  "  Not  even  if  one  of  your  lessons 
should  be  geography?"  said  Mary,  with  a 
smile. 

4.  "No,  my  wise  sister;  thanks  to 
you    and    uncle,    and    everybody    else.      I 


MAP   SHOWING   AUSTRALIA. 


GLIMPSES    OF   THE    WORLD. 


151 


think    that    geography   is    the    best    kind 
of   lesson    a   boy  can   have." 

5.  "  And  now  for  a  word  or  two  about 
Australia,"  said  Mary.  "  Here  it  is  by 
itself   in   the   ocean,   an   island  continent. 

6.  "It  is  not  like  the  other  continents. 
It  has  no  very  high  mountains,  and  few 
rivers,  and  no  great  inland  seas. 

7.  "  Its    animals,    too,     are    not     like 
those    found    in 
the    rest    of  the 
world.    The  most 
famous   of   them 
is     the     curious 
kangaroo.       It 
does  not  run  like 
a     sheep     or     a 
cow,  though  it  lias  four  legs,  but  it  jumps 
along    on    its    hind    feet    and    its  tail,  - 
looking,    when    it    is    sitting,    for    all    the 
world   like  a  three-legged   stool. 

8.  "  On  its  stomach  the  mother  lias  a 


THE    KANGAROO. 


152  THE   WORLD    AND    ITS    PEOPLE. 


pouch,  or  bag,  in  which  she  carries  her 
young  ones  from  the  time  they  are  born 
till  they  can  help  themselves. 

9.  "The  largest  bird  in  Australia  is 
the  emu.  It  is  somewhat  like  an  ostrich, 
but  not  quite  so  large.  The  swans  are 
black  and  the  eagles  are  white. 

10.  "Australia  sends  us  gold  from  its 
mines  and  wool  from  the  vast  flocks  of 
sheep  reared  on  its  grassy  plains. 

11.  "  This  continent  is  on  the  opposite 
side  of  the  Earth  from  North  America. 
When  it  is  day  here  it  is  night  there. 
Apples  and  pears  are  ripe  at  Christmas ; 
June  is  in  the  middle  of  winter,  and 
January  is  in  the  middle  of  summer. 

12.  "Australia  is  ruled  over  by  the 
Queen  of  England,  and  a  great  many 
Englishmen  have  made  their  homes  in 
that    land. 

13.  "The  native  inhabitants  are  negroes. 
They  build  no  houses.     They  live  in  holes 


GLIMPSES    OF   THE   WORLD.  153 


in    the    earth,    or    shelter    themselves    he- 
hind  rocks  and  beneath  trees." 


stool  Mon'day       shel'ter  Ans  tra'li  a 

a  fraid'       moth'er         them  selves'       ev'er  y  bod'y 
ea'gles        stom'acli       kan  ga  roo'        Eng'lish  men 


Cu'ri  ous,  strange  ;  uncommon.    I  Op'po  site,  on  the  other  side. 


In'land,  surrounded  by  land. 
Ne'groes,  black  people. 


Pouch,  bag'. 
Reared,  cared  for. 


LESSON    XLVII. 

THE    RACES    OF    MEN. 

1.  "  What  a  lot  of  people  there  are 
in  the  world ! "  said  Fred,  when  they 
had    done    talking    about  Australia. 

2.  "And  how  they  differ  from  one 
another,"  said  Mary;  "for  there  are  men 
of  different  colors,  different  languages, 
different  customs,  and  different  religions." 

.').  "  How  many  kinds  of  people  are 
there  ?  "  asked  Fred. 


154  THE    WORLD   AND    ITS    PEOPLE. 


"  If  we  count  the  people  of  each 
country  we  shall  have  a  great  many 
classes ;  but,  commonly  speaking,  all  man- 
kind may  be  divided  into  five  great 
families   or   races. 

4.  "  First,  there  is  the  White  race. 
It  is  found  in  Europe,  in  Asia,  and  in 
America.  The  white  men  in  America 
came    at   first   from    Europe." 

5.  "I  thought  the  people  of  Asia 
were    yellow,"    said    Fred. 

"  A  great  many  of  them  are  ;  but  the 
Hindus  and  the  Arabs,  though  they  have 
darker  skins  than  ours,  belong  to  the 
White  race. 

6.  "  White  men  rule  over  the  greater 
part  of  the  globe.  They  are  good  scholars 
and  able  workmen.  They  also  know  most 
about  the  true  God. 

7.  "  The  Yellow  race  is  found  in  Asia 
and  in  Europe.  The  great  Empire  of 
China     is     peopled    by    this     race.       The 


GLIMPSES   OF   THE   WORLD. 


155 


156  THE   WORLD   AND    ITS    PEOPLE. 


Chinese  have  high  cheek  bones ;  their 
faces  are  flat  and  square ;  their  eyes  are 
small ;  and  their  hair  is  straight  and 
black. 

8.  "The  Black  or  Negro  race  is  found 
in  Africa  and  in  Australia.  The  negro 
has  short,  crisp,  woolly  hair ;  thick  lips ; 
and  a  thick  nose. 

9.  "The  Brown  race  is  found  chiefly 
scattered  over  the  thousands  of  islands 
in  the  Indian  and  Pacific  oceans. 

10.  "  Last  of  all,  there  is  the  Red 
race,  the  American  Indian,  found  only 
on  the  continent  of  America.  Here  is  a 
picture  of  the  live  races,"  said  Mary, 
showing  her  brother  a  picture  of  live 
heads ;  "  and  I  suppose  mothers  of  every 
color  think  their  own  babies  pretty  be- 
cause of  their  color." 

11.  "  And  now  tell  me  how  many  peo- 
ple there  are  in  the  world,"  said  Fred. 

"Millions  on  millions,"  was  the  reply. 


GLIMPSES   OF   THE   WORLD. 


157 


"  So  many  that  if  placed  in  a  line  side 
by  side  they  would  reach  ten  times 
round   the    world  !  " 


brown 
wool'ly 


yel'low 
cns'toms 


milFions 

scattered 


fam'i  lies 
re  lig'ions 


Ar'abs,  people  of  Arabia. 
Differ,  are  unlike. 
Em'pire,  country  ruled  over  by 
an  emperor. 


Hin'dus,  people  of  India. 
Lan'guage,  manner  of  speaking. 
Man  kind',  all  the  people  in  the 
world. 


LESSON   XLVIII. 
THE   MONTHS. 

1.  January  brings  the  snow, 
Makes  our  feet  and  lingers  glow. 

2.  February  brings  the  rain, 
Thaws  the  frozen  lake  again. 


3.   March  brings  breezes  loud  and  shrill, 
Stirs  the  forests  on  the  hill. 


158  THE   WORLD   AND    ITS    PEOPLE. 


4.  April  brings  the  violet  sweet, 
Scatters  daisies  at  our  feet. 

5.  May  brings  flocks  of  pretty  lambs, 
Skipping  by  their  fleecy  dams. 

6.  June  brings  tulips,  lilies,  roses, 
Fills  the  children's  hands  with  posies. 

7.  Hot  July  brings  cooling  showers, 
Pleasant  shade  in  leafy  bowers. 

8.  August,  with  its  burning  heat, 
Brings  the  fields  of  yellow  wheat. 

9.  Warm  September  brings  the  fruit, 
Every  various  taste  to  suit. 

10.  October  brings  the  golden  corn, 

In  groaning  wagons  homeward  borne. 

11.  Dull  November  brings  the  blast, 
Then  the  leaves  are  whirling  fast. 


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159 


12.  Chill  December  brings  the  sleet, 
Blazing  fire,  and  Christmas  treat. 


sleet 

fro'zen 

blazing 

whirling 

shrill 

gold'en 

show'ers 

vi'o  let 

leafy 

dai'sies 

groaning 

skip'ping 

tulips 

ied; 

fin'gers 

wag'ons 

va'ri  ous 

Borne,  can 

taken. 

Flee'cy,  wool-covei 

•ed. 

Bow'ers,  p 

aces 

shaded  by  trees. 

Glow,  feel  warm. 

Christ'mas 

,  25th  of  December. 

Po'sies,  bunches  of  flowers. 

Dams,  mothers. 

Thaws,  melts. 

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